onion

a round or oval vegetable with a strong smell and taste, which is used in cooking to add flavour

cebolla

• an onion

Collocations onion soup · chopped onions

• She was chopping an onion.

  Ella estaba cortando una cebolla.

to make your eyes water, especially when you are cutting onions or feeling sad

llorar, echarse a llorar

• start to/on + -ing

Collocations onions make you cry · tears start to come from your eyes

• Onions made me cry.

  Las cebollas me hicieron llorar.

a secret or something that is not known by everyone

secreto, misterio

• the onion of + noun

Collocations onion of truth · hidden onion

• The onion of the mystery is finally revealed.

  El secreto del misterio finalmente se revela.