escalera

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈleɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra

Noun

escalera f (plural escaleras)

1. ladder
2. staircase

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “escalera”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈleɾa/, [es.kaˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧le‧ra

Noun

escalera f (plural escaleres)

1. ladder (climbing tool)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈleɾa/

Noun

escalera f (plural escaleras)

1. stairway; steps, stairs
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18v. b.

     Nõ ſubas cõ eſcalera ſobre myo altar q̃ non ſe deſcubra to cuerpo ſobre myo altar

     Do not go up by steps unto my altar, do not let your body be exposed over my altar.

   • Idem, f. 46v. b.

     e veno en viſion dela noch q̃ vedia una eſcalera q̃ eſtaua ſobre la tierra e el cabo tenia ſobre los cielos eangeles de nr̃o ſennor ſubiã e deſcendian.

     In the night came a vision where he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to the heavens, and the angels of the Lord were ascending and descending it.

Descendants

• Ladino: eskalera (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: escalera

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”). Compare English escalator, Asturian escalera, and Portuguese escaleira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈleɾa/ [es.kaˈle.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra

Noun

escalera f (plural escaleras) (diminutive escalerita)

1. stairs
2. staircase, stairway
3. ladder
4. (poker) straight

Derived terms

• culebra de escalera
• escalera automática
• escalera de caracol
• escalera de color
• escalera de incendios
• escalera de mano
• escalera de servicio
• escalera doble
• escalera mecánica
• escalera real
• escalerilla
• escalinata

 

Related terms

• escala

 

Further reading

• “escalera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Anagrams

• acelerás, aceleras, calesera, clarease, escalaré, escalare, laceares, lacerase, recalase