"chives" vs. "green onions"

Spanish translation: cebolleta / cebollino | cebollana / cebollino

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English term or phrase:chives | green onions
Spanish translation:cebolleta / cebollino | cebollana / cebollino
Entered by: David Russi

22:08 Oct 24, 2010
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Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: "chives" vs. "green onions"
What would be the best way to differentiate these two? In the book of recipes I am editing both were translated as "cebollinos" indistinctly... I've seen "cebollino" and "cebolleta for "chives" and "cebolla de verdeo" for green onions. Any help would be appreciated! Gracias.
NoelBacaCast (X)
Local time: 16:52
cebolleta / cebollino
Explanation:
Allium schoenoprasum = green onions

Allium fistulosum = chives

Este sitio propone los dos términos de arriba, pero me parece que puede haver bastante variación

http://elmundoysusplantas.blogspot.com/2009/11/listado-de-no...

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María Moliner:
green onions = cebollana
chives = cebolleta/cebollino
shallots = chalota/chalote

cebolleta
1 f. *Planta semejante a la cebolla, de bulbo cilíndrico, de la que se come también parte del tallo. Allium fistulosum. 1 Cebollino.

cebollana
f. *Planta semejante a la cebolla, pero de bulbos pequeños y ovoides y de sabor dulce, y tallos jugosos que se comen en ensalada. Allium schoenoprasum. 1 Cebollino.

chalota o chalote (del fr. échalote)
f. o m. *Planta hortense liliácea de bulbos agregados como los del ajo, blancos por dentro y rojizos por fuera, llamados de la misma manera, que se emplean como condimento. Allium ascalonicum. 1 Ajo chalote, ascalonia, cebolla escalonia, escalona, escaloña.


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4 +1' cebollino/cebolleta/cebollín/cebolla de verdeo' vs. 'chalota, echalote o escalonia'
Lavinia Pirlog
3 +1cebolleta / cebollino
David Russi
4"cebollinos" vs "cebolletas"
Nieves Killefer
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Anne Smith Campbell

  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
' cebollino/cebolleta/cebollín/cebolla de verdeo' vs. 'chalota, echalote o escalonia'


Explanation:
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Allium schoenoprasum, conocido comúnmente como cebollino, cebolleta, cebollín, cebolla de verdeo,

Scallion
Chopped scallionsThe scallion (also known as spring onion, salad onion, onion sticks, green shallots or green onion in many countries) is an edible plant of the genus Allium.The species most commonly associated with the name is the Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum. "Scallion" is sometimes used for Allium ascalonicum, better known as the shallot.
Shallot
Allium ascalonicum, la chalota, echalote o escalonia, es una verdura de la familia de las aliáceas, originaria de Asia central. Su nombre procede de Ascalón, ciudad de Israel donde se cultivaba.


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Espero que te sirva.

Lavinia Pirlog
Romania
Local time: 23:52
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Native speaker of: Romanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nahuelhuapi: los conozco como echalotes y cebollín de verdeo. ¡Saludos!
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cebolleta / cebollino


Explanation:
Allium schoenoprasum = green onions

Allium fistulosum = chives

Este sitio propone los dos términos de arriba, pero me parece que puede haver bastante variación

http://elmundoysusplantas.blogspot.com/2009/11/listado-de-no...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-10-25 13:10:07 GMT)
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María Moliner:
green onions = cebollana
chives = cebolleta/cebollino
shallots = chalota/chalote

cebolleta
1 f. *Planta semejante a la cebolla, de bulbo cilíndrico, de la que se come también parte del tallo. Allium fistulosum. 1 Cebollino.

cebollana
f. *Planta semejante a la cebolla, pero de bulbos pequeños y ovoides y de sabor dulce, y tallos jugosos que se comen en ensalada. Allium schoenoprasum. 1 Cebollino.

chalota o chalote (del fr. échalote)
f. o m. *Planta hortense liliácea de bulbos agregados como los del ajo, blancos por dentro y rojizos por fuera, llamados de la misma manera, que se emplean como condimento. Allium ascalonicum. 1 Ajo chalote, ascalonia, cebolla escalonia, escalona, escaloña.




David Russi
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Martinez: Sí que hay variaciones. En México les diríamos cebollines y cebollitas de Cambray, aquí en PR les llaman cebolletas y "chives" (sin traducción)... en fin. :-)
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1 day 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"cebollinos" vs "cebolletas"


Explanation:
De los cebollinos se usan las hojas sólo, mientras que de las cebolletas se usa la parte blanca a no ser que la receta pida expresamante la parte verde también.

Nieves Killefer
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
"green onions" is also known as 'scallion', so this may help understan the diference:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1657629

Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
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