baleia

Portuguese

baleia (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlej.ɐ/ [baˈleɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈlej.a/ [baˈleɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈle.ɐ/

Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

Noun

baleia f (plural baleias)

whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
(derogatory) landwhale (an obese person)

Derived terms

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia

Verb

baleia

inflection of balear:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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