baleia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === balea, balêa (obsolete) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ejɐ, -ɐjɐ 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) (colloquial, derogatory) landwhale (an obese person) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia → Tetum: baleia === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== baleia inflection of balear: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “baleia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “baleia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “baleia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Tetum == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese baleia. === Noun === baleia whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones) === References === “baleia”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026