ballenero
Spanish
Etymology
From ballena (“whale”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baʝeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʝeˈne.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /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)
- (relational) whaling
Noun
ballenero m (plural balleneros)
- whaler
- whaling ship; whaler
See also
- caza de ballenas
Further reading
- “ballenero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014