Also means
to overwhelm
Usage Note
Embargar most commonly appears in legal and financial contexts, meaning to seize assets by court order; the noun embargo derives from the same root. In literary use, it can mean to be overcome by emotion (le embargó la emoción), a sense rarely encountered in everyday speech.
Examples
"El juez ordenó embargar sus bienes."
Natural Translation
The judge ordered his assets seized.
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