ballenato

Spanish

Etymology

From ballena +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baʝeˈnato/ [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baʝeˈnato/ [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /baʎeˈnato/ [ba.ʎeˈna.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baʃeˈnato/ [ba.ʃeˈna.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baʒeˈnato/ [ba.ʒeˈna.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ba‧lle‧na‧to

Noun

ballenato m (plural ballenatos)

1. whale calf

Further reading

• “ballenato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10