cebolleta

Spanish

Etymology

From cebolla +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeboˈʝeta/ [θe.β̞oˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeboˈʝeta/ [θe.β̞oˈʝe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeboˈʎeta/ [θe.β̞oˈʎe.t̪a]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seboˈʝeta/ [se.β̞oˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seboˈʝeta/ [se.β̞oˈʝe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seboˈʎeta/ [se.β̞oˈʎe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seboˈʃeta/ [se.β̞oˈʃe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seboˈʒeta/ [se.β̞oˈʒe.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ce‧bo‧lle‧ta

Noun

cebolleta f (plural cebolletas)

1. spring onion
2. chive
3. (colloquial) noggin; head
4. (colloquial) prick; cock; penis

Derived terms

• arrimar la cebolleta
• restregar la cebolleta

Further reading

• “cebolleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10