ballenero
Spanish
Etymology
From ballena (“whale”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʝeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʝeˈne.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baʎeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʎeˈne.ɾo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baʃeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʃeˈne.ɾo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baʒeˈneɾo/ [ba.ʒeˈne.ɾo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ba‧lle‧ne‧ro
Adjective
ballenero (feminine ballenera, masculine plural balleneros, feminine plural balleneras)
- (relational) whaling
Noun
ballenero m (plural balleneros)
See also
- caza de ballenas
Further reading
- “ballenero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025