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# embargo — English to French

How English *embargo* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: embargo (23 838), embargos (92). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 1 027 · legal and administrative 626 · UN documents 22 276.

## embargo

Used about 19 864 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 955 · legal and administrative ≈ 577 · UN documents ≈ 18 331). Forms: embargo, embargos.

- Opposition to the **embargo** was growing.
  L'opposition à l'**embargo** allait croissante.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#807328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807328) [\#1083221](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1083221))

- Secondly, there is the issue of **embargos**.
  Deuxièmement, il y a la question des **embargos**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 944600)

- Person likely to act in violation of the **embargo**
  Personne susceptible d'agir en violation de l'**embargo**
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2223415)

- VI. Possible violations of the **embargo**
  VI. Violations éventuelles de l &apos; **embargo**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 14215962)

- The arms **embargo** turns out to be a complete sieve.
  L'**embargo** sur les armes est une véritable passoire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1793181)

## imposé

Used about 2 088 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 088).

- financial **embargo** imposed by the United States of America against Cuba
  et financier **imposé** à Cuba par les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 17972984)

- 19. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial **embargo** imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.
  19. Nécessité de lever le blocus économique, commercial et financier **imposé** à Cuba par les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18059103)

- Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial **embargo** imposed by the United States of America against Cuba \[18\]
  Nécessité de lever le blocus économique, commercial et financier **imposé** à Cuba par les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique \[18\]
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13331499)

- 20. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial **embargo** imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (resolution 63/7).
  20. Nécessité de lever le blocus économique, commercial et financier **imposé** à Cuba par les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique (résolution 63/7).
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 19816039)

- 50th plenary meeting Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial **embargo** imposed by the United States of America against Cuba \[18\]
  50e séance plénière Nécessité de lever le blocus économique, commercial et financier **imposé** à Cuba par les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique \[18\]
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15882569)

## armes

Used about 12 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 12).

- The sheer number of African peacekeeping operations and arms **embargos** clearly illustrates the scale of the threat posed to African States by the illicit accumulation and spread of SALW and other conventional weapons.
  Le nombre d’opérations de maintien de la paix en Afrique et d’embargos sur les **armes** concernant ce continent illustre clairement l’ampleur de la menace que font peser sur les États africains l’accumulation et la diffusion illicites des ALPC et autres armes conventionnelles.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2822953)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Take, for example, the air **embargo**, which has not been ratified by a single UN Security Council.
  Par exemple, il y a la zone d' exclusion aérienne, qu' aucun Conseil de sécurité de l' ONU n' a jamais légalisée.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 70765)

- Our question is again: European Commission, institute an investment **embargo** or an economic boycott against this country, as the United States has now done.
  Nous demandons à nouveau à la Commission européenne d'imposer une interdiction des investissements ou un boycott économique contre ce pays comme les États-Unis l'ont fait depuis lors.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 276591)

- The 'oil for food' agreement has never been implemented and is still subject to **embargo**.
  L'accord «pétrole contre nourriture» n'a jamais été mis en oeuvre et reste bloqué.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1633371)

## Grammar

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