ballena

Inflexiones de 'ballena' (nf): fpl: ballenas

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
ballena nf	(mamífero acuático)	whale n
	El capitán Ahab estaba obsesionado con Moby Dick, la ballena blanca.
	Captain Ahab was obsessed with the white whale Moby Dick.
ballena nf	(lámina córnea)	translation unavailable
ballena nf	(armazón de vestido) (dress, corset)	stay n
	(brassiere)	underwire, underwiring n
	(historical)	whalebone n
	Las ballenas del sujetador me están haciendo daño.
	This bra's underwire is hurting me.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Our great-grandmothers wore corsets made with whalebone.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
ballena nf	peyorativo, coloquial (persona obesa) (figurative, pejorative)	whale, hippo, cow n
	Esa ballena debería ponerse a régimen.
	That whale should go on a diet.

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
esperma de ballena loc nom m	(aceite blanco)	sperm oil n
		spermaceti n
	Dicen que antes las velas eran hechas de esperma de ballena.
	It is said that candles used to be made with sperm oil.

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