Polyglot Dictionary

escalar

/eskaˈlaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
escalo
preterite (eu)
escalei
past participle
escalado

Meaning

  1. to climb

    • Escalaram a montanha.

      They climbed the mountain.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

trepar

trepar is more colloquial and physical, climbing using hands and feet, like climbing a tree; escalar is more formal or technical, like scaling a mountain.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

trepar

trepar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to climb."

French

grimper

grimper is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to climb."

Practice

1 What does escalar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches escalar?

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