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escala.

scale, measure

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/isˈka.lɐ/Brazil/esˈka.lɐ/Brazil/iʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. scale, measure

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālalbor. Portuguese escala Learned borrowing from Latin scāla. Doublet of escada (“ladder, stairs”).

noun/isˈka.lɐ/Brazil/esˈka.lɐ/Brazil/iʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. stopover

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/isˈka.lɐ/Brazil/esˈka.lɐ/Brazil/iʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃˈka.lɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  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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