baleia

Portuguese

baleia (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlej.ɐ/ [baˈleɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlej.ɐ/ [baˈleɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlej.a/ [baˈleɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐj.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈle.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Noun

baleia f (plural baleias)

1. whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
2. (derogatory) whale; land whale (a very obese woman)

Related terms

• baleato
• baleeiro
• baleia-corcunda
• baleia-azul
• tubarão-baleia

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia

Etymology 2

Verb

baleia

1. inflection of balear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative