cebolla
onion
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
The layered bulb you cook with, and bulbs in general
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
visual
sea boil
seafood boiled in one big pot
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noun suffix
Cebolla means onion and sounds like sea boil0, a pot of seafood boiled together. Picture onions going into the pot with the seafood.
cebolla
onion
The round vegetable made of tight layers, with a sharp smell that stings your eyes when you cut it.
Piqué media cebolla para el guisoI chopped half an onion for the stew
Esta cebolla morada es más dulceThis red onion is sweeter
bulb (of a plant)
The rounded underground part a plant grows from. It has the same layered shape as the vegetable, so it takes the same name.
Enterré las cebollas de los tulipanes en otoñoI buried the tulip bulbs in autumn
La cebolla del narciso se pudrió con tanta lluviaThe daffodil bulb rotted with so much rain