"ballena" meaning in Spanish

See ballena in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /baˈʝena/, [baˈʝe.na], /baˈʝena/ (note: most of Spain and Latin America), [baˈʝe.na] (note: most of Spain and Latin America), /baˈʎena/ (note: rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), [baˈʎe.na] (note: rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), /baˈʃena/ (note: Buenos Aires and environs), [baˈʃe.na] (note: Buenos Aires and environs), /baˈʒena/ (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay), [baˈʒe.na] (note: elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Forms: ballenas [plural]
Rhymes: -ena 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). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|ballena|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish ballena, {{inh+|es|osp|ballena}} Inherited from Old Spanish ballena, {{der|es|la|ballaena}} Latin ballaena, {{cog|ca|balena}} Catalan balena, {{cog|fr|baleine}} French baleine, {{cog|gl|balea}} Galician balea, {{cog|it|balena}} Italian balena, {{cog|pt|baleia}} Portuguese baleia, {{cog|ro|balenă}} Romanian balenă, {{der|es|grc|φάλλαινα}} Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} ballena f (plural ballenas)
  1. whale Tags: feminine Hypernyms (whale): cetáceo
    Sense id: en-ballena-es-noun-pdKuKG0N Disambiguation of 'whale': 86 14
  2. baleen, whalebone Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Cetaceans, Whales Synonyms: barbas de ballena
    Sense id: en-ballena-es-noun-Tu6Rik3y Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 29 71 Disambiguation of Whales: 40 60 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 29 0 12 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena asesina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena azul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena de aletas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena de Groenlandia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena franca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena gris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena jorobada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballena picuda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballenato"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballenero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "barbas de ballena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "esperma de ballena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "llena como una ballena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tiburón ballena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ceb",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cebuano: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cebuano: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "huv",
            "2": "ballen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Huave: ballen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Huave: ballen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "msb",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Masbatenyo: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Masbatenyo: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mch",
            "2": "jayena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ye'kwana: jayena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ye'kwana: jayena"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "ballena",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish ballena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "ballena"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ballaena"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ballaena",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "balena"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan balena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "baleine"
      },
      "expansion": "French baleine",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "balea"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician balea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "balena"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian balena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "baleia"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese baleia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "balenă"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian balenă",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "φάλλαινα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ballenas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ballena f (plural ballenas)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lle‧na"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whale"
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "sense": "whale",
          "word": "cetáceo"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-ballena-es-noun-pdKuKG0N",
      "links": [
        [
          "whale",
          "whale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 29 29 0 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Cetaceans",
          "orig": "es:Cetaceans",
          "parents": [
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Whales",
          "orig": "es:Whales",
          "parents": [
            "Cetaceans",
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baleen, whalebone"
      ],
      "id": "en-ballena-es-noun-Tu6Rik3y",
      "links": [
        [
          "baleen",
          "baleen"
        ],
        [
          "whalebone",
          "whalebone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "barbas de ballena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʝena/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʝe.na]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʝena/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʝe.na]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʎena/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʎe.na]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʃena/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʃe.na]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʒena/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʒe.na]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballena"
}
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ena",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ena/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish feminine nouns",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Cetaceans",
    "es:Whales"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ballena asesina"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena azul"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena de aletas"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena de Groenlandia"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena franca"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena gris"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena jorobada"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballena picuda"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballenato"
    },
    {
      "word": "ballenero"
    },
    {
      "word": "barbas de ballena"
    },
    {
      "word": "esperma de ballena"
    },
    {
      "word": "llena como una ballena"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiburón ballena"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ceb",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cebuano: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cebuano: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "huv",
            "2": "ballen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Huave: ballen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Huave: ballen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "msb",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Masbatenyo: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Masbatenyo: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "balyena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: balyena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: balyena"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mch",
            "2": "jayena",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ye'kwana: jayena",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ye'kwana: jayena"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "ballena",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish ballena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "ballena"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old Spanish ballena",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ballaena"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ballaena",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "balena"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan balena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "baleine"
      },
      "expansion": "French baleine",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "balea"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician balea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "balena"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian balena",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "baleia"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese baleia",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "balenă"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian balenă",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "φάλλαινα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ballenas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ballena f (plural ballenas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "sense": "whale",
      "word": "cetáceo"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lle‧na"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whale",
          "whale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baleen, whalebone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baleen",
          "baleen"
        ],
        [
          "whalebone",
          "whalebone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "barbas de ballena"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʝena/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʝe.na]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʝena/",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʝe.na]",
      "note": "most of Spain and Latin America"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʎena/",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʎe.na]",
      "note": "rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʃena/",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʃe.na]",
      "note": "Buenos Aires and environs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʒena/",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[baˈʒe.na]",
      "note": "elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ballena"
}

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