esqueira

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Galician

Esqueiras. Iron Age, San Cibrao de Las, Galicia
Esqueiras inside a traditional house, O Piornedo, Galicia

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese escaeyra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae.[1] Doublet of escaleira, and cognate with Spanish escalera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkejɾa̝/, /esˈkɛjɾa̝/

Noun

esqueira f (plural esqueiras)

  1. ladder
    Synonyms: escada, escala
  2. flight of steps
    Synonym: escaleira

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “escala”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos