ballena

Asturian

Noun

ballena f (plural ballenes)

whale

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena (compare Catalan balena, French baleine, Galician balea, Italian balena, Portuguese baleia, Romanian balenă), from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina).

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /baˈʎena/

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /baˈɟ͡ʝena/, [baˈʝena]

Noun

ballena f (plural ballenas)

whale
baleen, whalebone

Synonyms

(baleen): barbas de ballena

Hypernyms

(whale): cetáceo

Derived terms

Terms derived from ballena

ballena asesina
ballena azul
ballena de Groenlandia
ballena franca

Further reading

“ballena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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