How To Say “Onion” In Different Languages

The thing is, onions can be a bit sensitive. When you chop them, they release a chemical irritant called syn-propanethial-S-oxide. It floats into the air and hits your eyes, triggering a teary reaction that feels. Frankly, I think this is a bit rude for onions… Hey-ho. These yummy bulbs don’t mean to make you sob over your cutting board, but that chemical reaction doesn't care about your feelings.

• English: onion (oh-nyon)
• Spanish: la cebolla (la seh-boy-ya)
• Mandarin Chinese: 洋葱 (yahng-tsung)
• Japanese: たまねぎ (tah-mah-neh-ghee)
• Brazilian Portuguese: a cebola (ah seh-boh-lah)
• Tagalog: ang sibuyas (ahng see-boo-yas)
• Vietnamese: củ hành (koo hah-ng)
• Korean: 양파 (yang-pah)
• Ukrainian: цибуля (tsee-boo-lya)
• Polish: cebula (tseh-boo-lah)
• Hungarian: a vöröshagyma (ah vur-ush-hah-dymah)
• Dutch: de ui (duh oy)
• German: die Zwiebel (dee tsvee-behl)
• Italian: la cipolla (la chee-pohl-lah)
• French: l’oignon (lo-nyoh)
• Finnish: sipuli (see-poo-lee)
• Norwegian: løken (lur-kehn)
• Swedish: löken (lur-kehn)
• Greek: το κρεμμύδι (toh kreh-mee-dee)
• Catalan: la ceba (la seh-bah)
• Turkish: soğan (soh-ahn)
• Arabic: البصل (al-bah-sal)
• Danish: løget (loy-it)
• Romanian: ceapa (chah-pah)
• Esperanto: la cepo (la tseh-poh)
• Indonesian: bawang Bombay (bah-wahng bom-bay)
• Swahili: kitunguu (kee-toon-goo)
• Icelandic: laukurinn (loy-kur-in)
• Igbo: yabasị (yah-bah-see)
• Latvian: sīpols (see-pohls)