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Palabra italiana

cipolla

onion

Parece

ciboule (French) / looks exotic to English speakers who guess 'pepper'

no English word looks like cipolla — trap is learners guessing wrongly

⚠️ La trampa

The trap is that English learners hear 'cipolla' and guess it might mean something like capsule or something spicy. It simply means onion. Confusing it with 'peperone' (bell pepper) is a common shopping-list mistake.

Para decir "no English word looks like cipolla — trap is learners guessing wrongly" en italiano:

cipolla = onion; pepe = pepper; peperone = bell pepper

"cipolla" en español significa:

onion

Ejemplo

"Questo risotto ha bisogno di una cipolla tritata."

"This risotto needs a chopped onion."

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