escaleira

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Galician

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Escaleiras, Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela (17-18th century)
Escaleiras, castro de Baroña (Iron Age)

Etymology

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13th century. Adaptation from Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scalaria, from Latin scalae. Compare the doublet esqueira.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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escaleira f (plural escaleiras)

  1. (usually in the plural) stairway
  2. ladder
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:
      prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre
      they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
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Leonese

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Etymology

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Noun

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escaleira f (plural escaleiras)

  1. ladder

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