different between taboo vs embargo

English

Alternative forms

• tabu, tapu

Etymology

Borrowing from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. The word entered English around 1777.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??bu?/, /tæ?bu?/

Noun

taboo (countable and uncountable, plural taboos)

1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 213:

     The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus.

2. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Translations

Adjective

taboo (comparative more taboo, superlative most taboo)

1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

   Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

2. Culturally forbidden.

Translations

Verb

taboo (third-person singular simple present taboos, present participle tabooing, simple past and past participle tabooed)

1. To mark as taboo.
2. To ban.
3. To avoid.

Translations

Anagrams

• aboot

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?b???o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?b?????/
• Rhymes: -??(?)???

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.
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.

3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

   This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Spanish embargo

Noun

embargo

1. embargo.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Etymology

From Spanish embargo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??mbar?o]
• 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 P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• embargo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?b?r.?o?/
• 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

Finnish

Noun

embargo

1. embargo

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ba?.?o/

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo

Further reading

• “embargo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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): [?m?bar?o]
• 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

embargo m (plural embarghi)

1. embargo

Anagrams

• Bergamo, gambero

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?bar.??/

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 s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??ba??u/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??ba??u/
• 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

From French embargo.

Noun

embargo n (plural embargouri)

1. embargo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

See embargar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em?ba??o/, [?m?ba?.??o]
• Hyphenation: em?bar?go

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

• sin embargo

Related terms

• embargar

Swedish

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo

Declension