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onion
[/ˈʌn.jən/]
noun
feminine
pl: onions
cebola
1.
A bulbous vegetable with layers of papery skin, cultivated worldwide and used in cooking
She chopped the onion finely for the soup.
Ela picou a cebola finamente para a sopa.
2.
The plant that produces this vegetable
We planted onion seeds in the garden.
Plantamos sementes de cebola no jardim.
Synonyms
bulb
vegetable
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
cebola
Standard term used throughout Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
cebola
No significant regional variation
São Paulo
cebola
No significant regional variation
Portugal
cebola
Standard European Portuguese term
Related Idioms & Phrases
cry like an onion - chorar como cebola (to cry excessively)
layers of an onion - camadas de uma cebola (complexity or depth of something)
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