escala

From Old Occitan escala, from Latin scāla.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈka.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈka.la/

escala f (plural escales)

1. stairs
2. ladder
3. (poker) straight
4. scale, measure

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escales)

1. stopover

• “escala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin scāla. Cognate of escada (“ladder, stairs”).

escala f (plural escalas)

1. scale, measure

Borrowed from Latin scāla. Cognate of escada (“ladder, stairs”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈkalɐ/
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

escala f (plural escalas)

1. scale, measure

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. stopover

escala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of escalar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of escalar

• IPA^(key): /esˈkala/
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

From Latin scāla. Cognates include French échelle.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. scale

escala

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of escalar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of escalar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of escalar.

• escalera

Borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. stopover