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escalar
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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)
- (transitive) to scale, climb, ascend
Conjugation
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.
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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lar
Adjective
escalar m or f (plural escalares)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- 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
- 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.
Further reading
- “escalar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “escalar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
escalar (first-person singular present escalo, first-person singular preterite escalé, past participle escalado)
- (transitive) to scale, to climb
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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