Polyglot Dictionary

escala

/esˈkala/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las escalas

Meaning

  1. scale

    • El mapa tiene una escala.

      The map has a scale.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

baremo

escala and baremo can both mean "scale," a grading or measurement scale; baremo is more specific to official or standardized rating scales, like a scoring table.

Similar in other languages

French

balance

balance is the French word for the same thing — both mean "scale."

Portuguese

escala

escala is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "scale."

Practice

1 What does escala mean?

2 Fill the gap: El mapa tiene una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escala?

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