onion
Guardava la montagna, però aveva una cipolla in mano.
He was looking at the mountain, but he was holding an onion.
— Il postino (1994)
This is an onion.
"Nella cucina la mamma sta sbucciando una cipolla."
Mom is peeling an onion in the kitchen.
— La vita di Adele: Capitoli 1 & 2 (2013)
Secondo te, un poeta con una cipolla in mano non può pensare?
Do you think a poet with an onion in his hand can’t think?
— Il postino (1994)