cebollino

Spanish

Etymology

From cebolla +‎ -ino (diminutive suffix), from Latin cēpa, whence English chive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θeboˈʝino/ [θe.β̞oˈʝi.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /θeboˈʎino/ [θe.β̞oˈʎi.no] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /seboˈʝino/ [se.β̞oˈʝi.no] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /seboˈʎino/ [se.β̞oˈʎi.no] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /seboˈʃino/ [se.β̞oˈʃi.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /seboˈʒino/ [se.β̞oˈʒi.no] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: ce‧bo‧lli‧no

Noun

cebollino m (plural cebollinos)

Further reading

“cebollino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025