Embargar means ‘to seize/repossess’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (g becomes gu before e): embargo (present), embargué (preterite), embargado (past participle), embargando (gerund).
Embargar in use
El juzgado embargó la cuenta de la empresaThe court seized the company's account
Si no paga, le embargarán el cocheIf he doesn't pay, his car will be seized
La emoción la embargó durante el discursoShe was overcome with emotion during the speech
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
False friend: embargar usually means seizing someone's property to pay a debt, not imposing a trade embargo. It can also describe an emotion overwhelming someone.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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