baleia

Portuguese
baleia (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ˈlɐj.ɐ/, /bɐ.ˈlej.ɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lei‧a

Etymology 1

From Old 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)

  1. whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
  2. (derogatory) whale; land whale (a very obese woman)

Etymology 2

Verb

baleia

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of balear
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of balear
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