escalera
Aragonese
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
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”).
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“stairs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [es.kaˈle.ɾa]
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.
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/
Derived terms
- escalera automática
- escalera de caracol
- escalera de color
- escalera de mano
- escalera mecánica
- escalerilla
- escalinata
Related terms
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