ballenato
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʝeˈnato/ [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baʎeˈnato/ [ba.ʎeˈna.t̪o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baʃeˈnato/ [ba.ʃeˈna.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baʒeˈnato/ [ba.ʒeˈna.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: ba‧lle‧na‧to
Noun
ballenato m (plural ballenatos)
Further reading
- “ballenato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025