ballenato
Spanish, noun/baʝeˈnato/
ballenato is spelled B-A-L-L-E-N-A-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballenato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whale calf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cría de la ballena”.
What does ballenato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhale calf
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cría de la ballena. 2. Nacido en Madrid.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ballenato
- ballenatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballenato?
- /baʝeˈnato/
- [ba.ʝeˈna.t̪o]
- [baʝeˈnat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ballenato in Spanish?
ballenato appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).