escala

See also: escalá and escală

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan escala, from Latin scāla.

Pronunciation

Noun

escala f (plural escales)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

escala f (plural escales)

  1. stopover

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

escala f (plural escalas)

  1. scale, measure

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

escala f (plural escalas)

  1. scale, measure

Etymology 2

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

Noun

escala f (plural escalas)

  1. stopover

Etymology 3

Verb

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin scāla. Cognates include French échelle.

Noun

escala f (plural escalas)

  1. scale

Etymology 2

Verb

escala

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

escala f (plural escalas)

  1. stopover
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