cebolla

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebolles)

1. onion (a monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.)

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cēpullam, accusative of cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡seˈbo.ʎa]

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebollas)

1. onion
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 65r.

     Et a tal propriedat que ſi la meten en çumo de cebollas, pierde aquella uertud que dixiemos que a de quaiar el argent uiuo.

     And its property is such that if it is placed in onion juice, it loses the virtue we said it has, which is setting quicksilver.

Descendants

• Spanish: cebolla

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Spanish

Cebollas

Etymology

From Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa, whence English chive.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈboʝa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈboʝa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈboʎa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈboʝa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈboʝa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seˈboʎa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈboʃa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈboʒa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʒa]

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebollas)

1. onion

Related terms

• cebolla de verdeo
• cebollana f
• cebollazo m
• cebolleta f
• cebollín m
• cebollina f
• cebollino m
• cebollita f
• horca de cebollas
• papel cebolla
• tela de cebolla

See also

• chalota f
• escalonia f