embargo

embargo

Prohibición oficial de comerciar con un país o venderle ciertos productos.

En inglés sencillo: An official rule stopping trade with a country or the sale of particular goods to it.

• The trade embargo lasted five years.
• Several countries called for an arms embargo.
• The government lifted its embargo on food exports.

Cómo se usa: embargo on something (The government imposed an embargo on oil exports.); embargo against someone/something (The embargo against the country lasted several years.)

Sinónimos: trade ban

Expresiones frecuentes: trade embargo, arms embargo, embargo on something

embargo informativo

Regla temporal que impide publicar una información antes de un momento determinado.

En inglés sencillo: A temporary rule preventing information from being published before a particular time.

• The results are under embargo.
• Journalists received the report under embargo until noon.
• One website broke the embargo by publishing early.

Cómo se usa: under embargo until a time (The report is under embargo until Friday morning.); embargo on something (The publisher placed an embargo on early reviews.)

Sinónimos: publication ban

Expresiones frecuentes: under embargo, news embargo, embargo on publication

prohibición de salida

Orden del gobierno que impide a los barcos salir de un puerto.

En inglés sencillo: A government order preventing ships from leaving a port.

• The embargo kept ships in port.
• Captains waited for the government to lift the embargo.
• An embargo on departures left several vessels stranded.

Cómo se usa: embargo on something (The authorities placed an embargo on all ships in the harbour.)

Expresiones frecuentes: embargo on ships, port embargo, lift an embargo

embargar, prohibir

Prohibir oficialmente el comercio con un país o la venta de ciertos productos a ese país.

En inglés sencillo: To officially stop trade with a country or the sale of certain goods to it.

• The government embargoed oil exports.
• Several countries agreed to embargo military equipment.
• Will they embargo all trade with that country?

Cómo se usa: embargo something (The government decided to embargo arms sales to the region.)

Sinónimos: ban, prohibit

Expresiones frecuentes: embargo oil exports, embargo arms sales, embargo trade

embargar, prohibir la publicación

Prohibir que se publique un documento o una información hasta un momento determinado.

En inglés sencillo: To forbid the publication of a document or information until a particular time.

• They embargoed the report until Friday.
• The university embargoes research announcements before their official release.
• Why was the document embargoed for so long?

Cómo se usa: embargo something until a time (They embargoed the announcement until Monday.)

Sinónimos: withhold

Expresiones frecuentes: embargo a report, embargo the results, embargo a document