ballena

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Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

ballena f (plural ballenas)

  1. whale

References

Asturian

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Noun

ballena f (plural ballenes)

  1. whale

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited 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 φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baˈʝena/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /baˈʎena/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈʃena/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈʒena/

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ba‧lle‧na

Noun

ballena f (plural ballenas)

  1. whale
  2. baleen, whalebone
    Synonym: barbas de ballena

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: balyena
  • → Huave: ballen
  • → Masbatenyo: balyena
  • → Tagalog: balyena

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