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

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