ballenero

Spanish

Etymology

From ballena (“whale”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baʝeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʝeˈne.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baʝeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʝeˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /baʎeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʎeˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baʃeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʃeˈne.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baʒeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʒeˈne.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ba‧lle‧ne‧ro

Adjective

ballenero (feminine ballenera, masculine plural balleneros, feminine plural balleneras)

1. (relational) whaling

Noun

ballenero m (plural balleneros)

1. whaler
2. whaling ship; whaler

See also

• caza de ballenas

Further reading

• “ballenero”, 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