ballena

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

ballena f (plural ballenas)

1. whale

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “ballena”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Noun

ballena f (plural ballenes)

1. whale

Further reading

• “ballena”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ballena”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ballena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈʎena/, [baˈʎe.na]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lle‧na

Noun

ballena

1. whale

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbaː.ɫɛ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbaː.le.na]

Noun

bālena f (genitive bālenae); first declension

1. alternative form of ballaena

Spanish

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): /baˈʝena/ [baˈʝe.na]

• IPA^(key): /baˈʝena/ [baˈʝe.na] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈʎena/ [baˈʎe.na] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baˈʃena/ [baˈʃe.na] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baˈʒena/ [baˈʒe.na] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ba‧lle‧na

Noun

ballena f (plural ballenas)

1. whale
2. baleen, whalebone

   Synonym: barbas de ballena

Hypernyms

• (whale): cetáceo

Derived terms

• ballena asesina
• ballena azul
• ballena de aletas
• ballena de Groenlandia
• ballena franca
• ballena gris
• ballena jorobada
• ballena picuda
• ballenato
• ballenero
• barbas de ballena
• esperma de ballena
• llena como una ballena
• tiburón ballena

Descendants

• → Cebuano: balyena
• → Huave: ballen
• → Masbatenyo: balyena
• → Tagalog: balyena
• → Ye'kwana: jayena

Further reading

• “ballena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025