escalera
Aragonese
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleras)
- ladder
- staircase
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “escalera”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleres)
- ladder (climbing tool)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/
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.
- Nõ ſubas cõ eſcalera ſobre myo altar q̃ non ſe deſcubra to cuerpo ſobre myo 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.
- 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.
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18v. b.
Descendants
- Ladino: eskalera (Latin spelling)
- Spanish: escalera
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”). Compare English escalator, Asturian escalera, and Portuguese escaleira.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/ [es.kaˈle.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra
Noun
escalera f (plural escaleras) (diminutive escalerita)
- stairs
- staircase, stairway
- ladder
- (poker) straight
Derived terms
- escalera automática
- escalera de caracol
- escalera de color
- escalera de mano
- escalera doble
- escalera mecánica
- escalera real
- escalerilla
- escalinata
Related terms
- escala
Further reading
- “escalera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- acelerás, aceleras, calesera, clarease, escalaré, escalare, laceares, lacerase, recalase