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escala.

ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/esˈkala/[esˈka.la]
  1. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)

    feminine
  2. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude)

    feminine
  3. scale (a series of notes spanning an octave)

    feminine
  4. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military)

    feminine
  5. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance)

    feminine
  6. scale (size; scope)

    feminine
    a gran escala
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin scāla. Cognates include French échelle.

noun/esˈkala/[esˈka.la]
  1. stopover, layover (a short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption)

    feminine
    hacer escala en
Where this word comes from

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

verb/esˈkala/[esˈka.la]
  1. inflection of escalar: third-person singular present indicative

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

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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