escalera

== Aragonese == === Etymology === From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/ Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra Rhymes: -eɾa === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/ [es.kaˈle.ɾa] Rhymes: -eɾa Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra === 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. 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 ==== Ladino: eskalera Spanish: escalera (see there for further 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/ [es.kaˈle.ɾa] Rhymes: -eɾa Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra === Noun === escalera f (plural escaleras) (diminutive escalerita) stairs staircase, stairway ladder (poker) straight ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Galician: escaleira → Portuguese: escaleira === Further reading === “escalera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === acelerás, aceleras, calesera, clarease, escalaré, escalare, laceares, lacerase, recalase