English–Spanish
“whale” in Spanish
How to say “whale” in Spanish
“Whale” in Spanish is ballena.
Very large air-breathing marine mammal that swims.
Example sentences with ballena
Salimos a ver ballenas y vimos una cerca de la orilla.
We went out to see whales and saw one near the shore.
Tips for using ballena
- The noun is feminine, so the article and adjectives agree as la ballena and las ballenas, and in many dialects ll sounds like English y so the spoken form often resembles 'ba-yena'.