escala

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈka.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈka.la]

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Inherited from Latin scāla.

escala f (plural escales)

1. stairs
2. ladder
3. (poker) straight
4. scale, measure

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escales)

1. (nautical, aeronautics) stopover

escala

1. inflection of escalar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “escala”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “escala”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “escala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin scāla. Cognate of escada (“ladder, stairs”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈkala/ [es̺ˈkɑ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

escala f (plural escalas)

1. scale, measure

• eschala (“Alpin”)

From Latin scāla (“stair, staircase, ladder”).

• IPA^(key): [es.ˈka.lɔ]
• (Niçard) IPA^(key): [es.ˈka.la]

escala f (plural escalas)

1. ladder
2. scale

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la

Learned borrowing from Latin scāla.^[1][2] Cognate of escada (“ladder, stairs”).

escala f (plural escalas)

1. scale, measure

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. stopover

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

escala

1. inflection of escalar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /esˈkala/ [esˈka.la]

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧la

Inherited from Latin scāla. Cognates include French échelle.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)

   Synonym: escalera de mano

2. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude)
3. (music) scale (a series of notes spanning an octave)
4. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military)

   Synonym: escalafón

5. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance)
6. scale (size; scope)

   a gran escala ― on a broad scale

Borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.

escala f (plural escalas)

1. stopover, layover (a short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption)

   hacer escala en ― stop over in; do/have a stopover in

   • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Mirando las cifras con detalle, el gran aumento de cruceristas se ha producido en los que solo hacen escala en la ciudad: ya son 1,4 millones, un 18,8% más que en 2019.

     Looking at the numbers in detail, the great increase in cruise passengers has taken place due to those who are only stopping over in the city: they have already reached 1.4 million, 18.8% more than in 2019.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

escala

1. inflection of escalar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “escala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024