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ceapă
onion /ˈt͡ʃe̯apə/
noun#5241 most common
Example sentences
Eu am o ceapă.
I have an onion.
Mama taie ceapa pentru supă.
Mom cuts the onion for the soup.
Ochii îmi lăcrimează când tai ceapă.
My eyes water when I cut onions.
Rețeta cere două cepe roșii, tocate mărunt.
The recipe calls for two red onions, finely chopped.
Prețul cepei a crescut brusc din cauza secetei din vară.
The price of onions rose sharply because of the summer drought.
Deși mulți evită să gătească din cauza usturimii pe care o provoacă, ceapa rămâne unul dintre cele mai folosite ingrediente în bucătăria românească, datorită aromei pe care o conferă preparatelor tradiționale.
Although many avoid cooking with it because of the sting it causes, onion remains one of the most used ingredients in Romanian cuisine, thanks to the flavor it gives traditional dishes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ceapă | cepe |
| Genitive | cepei | cepelor |
| Accusative | ceapă | cepe |
| Vocative | ceapă | cepe |
Word family
Etymology
Ceapă comes directly from Latin cepa, the ordinary word for onion in spoken Latin. The word passed into Romanian with little change in form or meaning, which is typical of everyday food vocabulary retained from Latin. The origin of Latin cepa itself is not settled; some scholars think it may be a loanword from an older Mediterranean language rather than an inherited Indo-European term.
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