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Yes. The word embargo is a Scrabble US word. The word embargo is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is embargo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word embargo is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

EMBARGO,

6-letter words (3 found)

BORAGE,BREGMA,ROMAGE,

5-letter words (25 found)

ABORE,AMBER,BARGE,BEGAR,BRAME,BREAM,BROME,EMBAR,EMBOG,GAMBE,GAMBO,GAMER,GARBE,GARBO,GOBAR,GOMER,GRAME,GREBO,GROMA,MARGE,MORAE,OMBER,OMBRE,OMEGA,REGMA,

4-letter words (54 found)

ABER,AERO,AGER,AGRO,AMBO,AREG,BARE,BARM,BEAM,BEAR,BEGO,BEMA,BERG,BERM,BOAR,BOMA,BORA,BORE,BORM,BRAE,BRAG,BROG,EGMA,ERGO,GAMB,GAME,GARB,GARE,GEAR,GERM,GOER,GORA,GORE,GORM,GRAB,GRAM,MABE,MAGE,MARE,MARG,MEGA,MOBE,MOER,MORA,MORE,OGAM,OGRE,OMER,RAGE,REAM,REGO,ROAM,ROBE,ROMA,

3-letter words (61 found)

ABO,AGE,AGO,AME,ARB,ARE,ARM,BAE,BAG,BAM,BAO,BAR,BEG,BOA,BOG,BOR,BRA,BRO,EAR,EGO,EMO,ERA,ERG,ERM,GAB,GAE,GAM,GAR,GEM,GEO,GER,GOA,GOB,GOE,GOR,MAE,MAG,MAR,MEG,MOA,MOB,MOE,MOG,MOR,OAR,OBA,OBE,OMA,ORA,ORB,ORE,ORG,RAG,RAM,REB,REG,REM,REO,ROB,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (20 found)

AB,AE,AG,AM,AR,BA,BE,BO,EA,EM,ER,GO,MA,ME,MO,OB,OE,OM,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 165 words from embargo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of embargo

embargo

Etymology

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Noun

embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)

  1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
  2. A ban on trade with another country.
  3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.
    This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
  4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.

Synonyms

  • (blocking seaport activity): blockade (often metonymically synonymous)

Derived terms

  • Bat-embargo

Translations

Verb

embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple past and past participle embargoed)

  1. (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
  2. (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.

Anagrams

  • Bergamo

Albanian

Noun

embargo f

  1. embargo

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Noun

embargo

  1. embargo.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmbarɡo]
  • Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n

  1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
  2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Declension

Further reading

  • embargo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • embargo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛmˈbɑr.ɣoː/
  • Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)

  1. embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
  2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)
    Synonym: handelsembargo
  3. embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)

Derived terms

  • handelsembargo

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: embargo
  • → Indonesian: embargo

Esperanto

Noun

embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn)

  1. embargo

Estonian

Noun

embargo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. embargo

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈembɑrɡo/, [ˈe̞mbɑ̝rɡo̞]
  • Rhymes: -embɑrɡo
  • Syllabification(key): em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo

  1. embargo

Declension

Further reading

  • “embargo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

  1. embargo

Further reading

  • “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Noun

embargo (plural embargi)

  1. embargo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛmˈbarɡo]
  • Hyphenation: èm‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo (plural embargo-embargo, first-person possessive embargoku, second-person possessive embargomu, third-person possessive embargonya)

  1. embargo:
    1. an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
    2. a ban on trade with another country.
    3. a temporary ban on making certain information public.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “embargo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈbar.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -arɡo
  • Hyphenation: em‧bàr‧go

Noun

embargo m (plural embarghi)

  1. embargo

Anagrams

  • Bergamo, gambero

Latvian

Noun

embargo m (??? please provide the declension type!)

  1. embargo

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/
  • Rhymes: -arɡɔ
  • Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n

  1. embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
  2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)
  3. embargo (temporary ban on making certain information public)

Declension

Further reading

  • embargo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

  1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
  2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French embargo.

Noun

embargo n (plural embargouri)

  1. embargo

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈembarɡɔ]

Noun

embargo n

  1. embargo

Declension

Further reading

  • “embargo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈbaɾɡo/ [ẽmˈbaɾ.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -aɾɡo
  • Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from embargar.

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

  1. embargo
  2. trade embargo
  3. distraint
  4. seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
  5. foreclosure
  6. repossession
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

embargo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of embargar

Further reading

  • “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

embargo n

  1. embargo

Declension

References

  • embargo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org