scalare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sca‧là‧re

Etymology 1

From scala +‎ -are.

Verb

scalàre (first-person singular present scàlo, first-person singular past historic scalài, past participle scalàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to climb, to scale
  2. to sort, to order, to arrange in descending order
    scalare le marceto downshift
  3. to pay off (a debt) in installments
  4. to layer (the hair)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From scalo +‎ -are.

Verb

scalàre (first-person singular present scàlo, first-person singular past historic scalài, past participle scalàto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (uncommon) to stop over (on a journey)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin scālāris.

Adjective

scalare (plural scalari)

  1. graded, scaled
  2. scalar
Derived terms

Noun

scalare m (plural scalari)

  1. (mathematics) scalar

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

scālāre

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of scālāris