noun, feminine/baˈʝena/plural: ballenas
ballena is feminine in Spanish.
whale; baleen, whalebone
Synonyms: barbas de ballena
Inherited from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena (compare Catalan balena, French baleine, Galician balea, Italian balena, Portuguese baleia, Romanian balenă), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).