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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)
- ladder
- staircase
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Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/,
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧le‧ra
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleres)
- ladder (climbing tool)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleras)
- 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
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/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleras) (diminutive escalerita)
- stairs
- staircase, stairway
- ladder
- (poker) straight
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