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ballena

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Noun

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ballena f (plural ballenas)

  1. whale

References

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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ballena f (plural ballenes)

  1. whale

Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish ballena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ballena

  1. whale

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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

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

Noun

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ballena f (plural ballenas)

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

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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