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escala

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nounfeminine
  1. laddera frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent
  2. scalean ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude
  3. scalea series of notes spanning an octave
  4. ladder, hierarchyof a company, of the military
  5. scalethe ratio of depicted distance to actual distance

Forms

noun

singularescala
pluralescalas

Used in the library

  • La escala del plano es de 1930 y nadie la entiende.The plan's scale is from 1930 and nobody understands it.B1Otra vez, por favor (20) — Once more, please (20) (B1)
  • La escala del mapa es rara y el mapa sirve igual.The map's scale is odd and the map works anyway.B1Otra vez, por favor (5) — Once more, please (5) (B1)
  • La escala del mapa del prado es rara y todos lo entienden.The scale of the meadow's map is odd and everybody understands it.B1Otra vez, por favor (12) — Once more, please (12) (B1)
  • La aerolínea perdió mi maleta en la escala de México.The airline lost my suitcase at the stopover in Mexico City.B2Otra vez, por favor (24) — Once more, please (24) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • escalafónranking, hierarchy; an echelon
  • escalera de manoladder

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