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How to Say ‘Without onion, please.’ in Mexican Spanish

Sin cebolla, por favor.

seen seh-BOH-yah pohr fah-BOHR

[seen seh-BOH-yah pohr fah-BOHR]

Phrase Breakdown

Sin cebolla,

seen seh-BOH-yah

Without onion,

Say se-BO-ya: the 'c' sounds like 's' and the 'll' like 'y'.

Example

Una hamburguesa sin cebolla.

A burger without onion.

Words in this phrase

Sin

[seen]

without

A preposition meaning 'without.'

Example

Sin falta te confirmo la reunión mañana.

Without fail I’ll confirm the meeting tomorrow.

cebolla

[seh-BOH-yah]

onion

Common ingredient word; useful for food preferences.

Example

Este taco viene con cebolla.

This taco comes with onion.

por favor.

pohr fah-BOHR

please.

The polite ending. Stress fa-VOR.

Example

Sin cilantro, por favor.

No cilantro, please.

Words in this phrase

por

[pohr]

please

Used in polite requests as part of the phrase por favor.

Example

Sí, por favor, confirma la hora de la reservación.

Yes, please, confirm the reservation time.

favor

[fah-BOHR]

favor / please

Part of por favor, a very common polite expression meaning please.

Example

Cuando necesito otra canasta, digo: Más tortillas, por favor.

When I need another basket, I say: More tortillas, please.

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