escalera
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escalera f (plural escaleras)
References edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “escalera”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escalera f (plural escaleres)
- ladder (climbing tool)
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- 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 edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”). Compare English escalator, Asturian escalera, and Portuguese escaleira.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /eskaˈleɾa/ [es.kaˈle.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ra
Noun edit
escalera f (plural escaleras) (diminutive escalerita)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “escalera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014