How to Say "whales" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “whales” is “ballenas” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA1

ballenas

nounA1

large marine animals

Vimos varias ballenas saltando en el océano.

We saw several whales jumping in the ocean.

Las ballenas son animales muy inteligentes.

Whales are very intelligent animals.

Since the singular word 'ballena' ends in a vowel, you just add an '-s' to make it plural.

Mistake: “el ballena”

Correction: la ballena

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