La Palabra del Día : el embargo
el embargo (noun) seizure (law); embargo
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Los Estados Unidos han tenido un embargo sobre Cuba desde 1962.
The United States has had an embargo on Cuba since 1962.
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Australia tiene un embargo sobre la exportación de loros,
por eso tienen contrabandistas periquito.
Australia has an embargo on the export of Parrots.
That is why they have budgie smugglers.
Sin un embargo contra las plataformas de perforaciones, la gasolina sería más barata.
Without an embargo against drilling platforms, gasoline would be cheaper.
El juez ordenó el embargo de sus bienes.
The judge ordered the seizure of his assets.
{Bernie Madoff}
Hala, ¡vaya cambio en el nivel de dificultad en la palabra del día! Ayer fue "la Pascua" y hoy "el embargo". 
No puedo pensar en una frase por nada del mundo.
Wow, some change in the level of difficulty in the word of the day! Yesterday it was "Easter" and today "embargo"? I can't think of a sentence for love nor money.
El gobierno de los EEUU ha prorrogado un año más las medidas de embargo comercial contra Cuba.
The United States government has extended the trade embargo on Cuba for a further year.
Un embargo es la prohibición parcial o total del comercio y del tráfico con un país en particular, para aislarlo.
An embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it.
El embargo de una tonelada de cocaína por parte de la polícia local, ha dañado la operación ilícita de la pandilla Los Zetas.
The siezure of a ton of cocaine by the local police has damaged the illicit operation of the Los Zetas Gang.
Embargoes are similar to economic sanctions and are generally considered legal barriers to trade, not to be confused with blockades, which are often considered to be acts of war.
Los embargos son similares a sanciones económicas y se consideran en general barreras a el comercio legales. No deben confundirse con los bloqueos, que se consideran actos de guerra.
Debido al embargo, no podemos comprar cigarros cubanos aquí en los Estados Unidos.
Due to the embargo, we can't buy Cuban cigars here in the US.
Un embargo es diferente que un bloqueo.
An embargo is different than a blockade.
**A causa de un embargo imprimir unos documentos de algunas leyes está prohibido **
Because of an embargo, it is prohibited to print certain documents of some laws
Los empresarios tienen el poder de embargar los ingresos de los empleados por deuda incobrable.
Employers have the power to place an attachment on employee earnings because of bad debt.
Hay un embargo en el barco y este es la razón por la que no salío de puerto ayer
There is an embargo on the ship and this is the reason that it did not leave the port yesterday
Cuando alguien sufre un embargo hipotecario, el valor de las viviendas en el area dismunye. When suffers a foreclosure the value of all the home in the area decreases
