baleia.
whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
Meaning & usage
whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
landwhale (an obese person)
Where this word comes from
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”).
inflection of balear: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of balear: second-person singular imperative
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