escalar
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
escalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escalars)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalí, past participle escalat)
Conjugation
| infinitive | escalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | escalant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | escalat | escalada | |||||
| plural | escalats | escalades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | escalo | escales | escala | escalem | escaleu | escalen | |
| imperfect | escalava | escalaves | escalava | escalàvem | escalàveu | escalaven | |
| future | escalaré | escalaràs | escalarà | escalarem | escalareu | escalaran | |
| preterite | escalí | escalares | escalà | escalàrem | escalàreu | escalaren | |
| conditional | escalaria | escalaries | escalaria | escalaríem | escalaríeu | escalarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | escali | escalis | escali | escalem | escaleu | escalin | |
| imperfect | escalés | escalessis | escalés | escaléssim | escaléssiu | escalessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | escala | escali | escalem | escaleu | escalin | |
| negative (no) | — | no escalis | no escali | no escalem | no escaleu | no escalin | |
Derived terms
- desescalar
- escalada
- escalament
Further reading
- “escalar”, 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
- “escalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “escalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “escalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈlaʁ/ [is.kaˈlah], /es.kaˈlaʁ/ [es.kaˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kaˈlaɾ/, /es.kaˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kaˈlaʁ/ [iʃ.kaˈlaχ], /eʃ.kaˈlaʁ/ [eʃ.kaˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kaˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar
Adjective
escalar m or f (plural escalares)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kaˈla(ɾ)/, /es.kaˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kaˈla(χ)], /eʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kaˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kaˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar
Verb
escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalei, past participle escalado)
- to climb, mount, scale
- to scale (to change size of)
- (of a soccer coach) to field, to choose a given player or players for the starting lineup
- (soccer) to recite a particular team's lineup
- to cast (to assign a role in a play or performance)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [is.kaˈla(h)], /es.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [es.kaˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kaˈla(ɾ)/, /es.kaˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kaˈla(χ)], /eʃ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kaˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kaˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar
Verb
escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalei, past participle escalado)
- to unscale
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈlaɾ/ [es.kaˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧lar
Etymology 1
Verb
escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalé, past participle escalado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive escalar | dative | escalarme | escalarte | escalarle, escalarse | escalarnos | escalaros | escalarles, escalarse |
| accusative | escalarme | escalarte | escalarlo, escalarla, escalarse | escalarnos | escalaros | escalarlos, escalarlas, escalarse | |
| with gerund escalando | dative | escalándome | escalándote | escalándole, escalándose | escalándonos | escalándoos | escalándoles, escalándose |
| accusative | escalándome | escalándote | escalándolo, escalándola, escalándose | escalándonos | escalándoos | escalándolos, escalándolas, escalándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative escala | dative | escálame | escálate | escálale | escálanos | not used | escálales |
| accusative | escálame | escálate | escálalo, escálala | escálanos | not used | escálalos, escálalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative escalá | dative | escalame | escalate | escalale | escalanos | not used | escalales |
| accusative | escalame | escalate | escalalo, escalala | escalanos | not used | escalalos, escalalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative escale | dative | escáleme | not used | escálele, escálese | escálenos | not used | escáleles |
| accusative | escáleme | not used | escálelo, escálela, escálese | escálenos | not used | escálelos, escálelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative escalemos | dative | not used | escalémoste | escalémosle | escalémonos | escalémoos | escalémosles |
| accusative | not used | escalémoste | escalémoslo, escalémosla | escalémonos | escalémoos | escalémoslos, escalémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative escalad | dative | escaladme | not used | escaladle | escaladnos | escalaos | escaladles |
| accusative | escaladme | not used | escaladlo, escaladla | escaladnos | escalaos | escaladlos, escaladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative escalen | dative | escálenme | not used | escálenle | escálennos | not used | escálenles, escálense |
| accusative | escálenme | not used | escálenlo, escálenla | escálennos | not used | escálenlos, escálenlas, escálense | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From escala + -ar or from Latin scalāris.
Adjective
escalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural escalares)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “escalar”, 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