بصل — "onion" in Egyptian Arabic
بصل
báȿal [coll.]
onion
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 5 of our stories
بصل in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
إحنا عندنا بصل كتير وجرجير.
E7na 3andena basal ketir we gargir.
We have a lot of onions and arugula.
هو قطع الطماطم والبصل.
Huwa qataa el tamatem wa el basal.
He cut the tomatoes and the onions.
from The Little Chef
قمت جبت حتة بصل وحاولت اركبها في المروحة يمكن تشتغل
Omt gibt hettet basal we hawilt arkab-ha fil marwaha yumkin tishtaghal.
I went and got a piece of onion and tried to install it in the fan, maybe it would work.
جبت بصل وطماطم وريحتهم كانت حلوة اوي
Gibt basal we tamatem we rehet'hom kanet helwa awi
I got onions and tomatoes and their smell was very nice.
from A New Dish
قطعت بصل وخضار صغيرة والريحة كانت حلوة اوي
Qata't basal w khodar soghayyara wel-reeha kanet helwa awi.
I cut small onions and vegetables, and the smell was very good.
from A New Dish
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