escala

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See also: escalá and escală

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin scāla.

Noun

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escala f (plural escales)

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

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

Noun

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escala f (plural escales)

  1. (nautical, aeronautics) stopover

Etymology 3

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Verb

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escala

  1. inflection of escalar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈkala/ [es̺ˈkɑ.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

Noun

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escala f (plural escalas)

  1. scale, measure

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin scāla.[1][2] Cognate of escada (ladder, stairs).

Noun

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escala f (plural escalas)

  1. scale, measure

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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escala f (plural escalas)

  1. stopover

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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escala

  1. inflection of escalar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ escala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ escala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin scāla. Cognates include French échelle.

Noun

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escala f (plural escalas)

  1. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)
    Synonym: escalera de mano
  2. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude)
  3. (music) scale (a series of notes spanning an octave)
  4. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military)
    Synonym: escalafón
  5. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance)
  6. scale (size; scope)
    a gran escalaon a broad scale
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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escala f (plural escalas)

  1. stopover, layover (a short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption)
    hacer escala enstop over in; do/have a stopover in
    • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País[1]:
      Mirando las cifras con detalle, el gran aumento de cruceristas se ha producido en los que solo hacen escala en la ciudad: ya son 1,4 millones, un 18,8% más que en 2019.
      Looking at the numbers in detail, the great increase in cruise passengers has taken place due to those who are only stopping over in the city: they have already reached 1.4 million, 18.8% more than in 2019.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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escala

  1. inflection of escalar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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