baleato

See also: Baleato

Galician

Etymology

From balea (“whale”) +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baleˈato̝/

Noun

baleato m (plural baleatos)

1. young whale

Derived terms

• Baleato

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baleato”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baleato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baleato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From baleia +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈlja.tu/

Noun

baleato m (plural baleatos)

1. diminutive of baleia (“small or young whale”)

Further reading

• “baleato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024