esqueira

Galician

Esqueiras. Iron Age, San Cibrao de Las, Galicia

Esqueiras inside a traditional house, O Piornedo, Galicia

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae. Doublet of escaleira, and cognate with Spanish escalera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkejɾa̝/, /esˈkɛjɾa̝/

Noun

esqueira f (plural esqueiras, masculine esqueiro, masculine plural esqueiros)

1. ladder

   Synonyms: escada, escala

2. flight of steps

   Synonym: escaleira

Derived terms

• Esqueira

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esqueeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esqueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN