Polyglot Dictionary

ballena

/baˈʝena/

la noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las ballenas

Meaning

  1. whale

    • Vimos una ballena en el mar.

      We saw a whale in the sea.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

baleine

baleine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "whale."

Portuguese

baleia

baleia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "whale."

Practice

1 What does ballena mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vimos una ___ en el mar.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ballena?

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