Today's
WOTD is: "escalera" = stair/ stairs
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In
Spanish, “escalera”
or it's plural form “escaleras”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, which means stair/
stairs.
In
addition, the Spanish noun “escalera”
is not only often used to refer to a staircase
or a stairway,
but also:
- In card games it is used to refer to five consecutive cards (sequence/ straight).
- In Spain it is often used to refer to a bad haircut
A
related Spanish noun is “escalón”,
which is commonly used to refer to a step in
stairs or a rung
in a ladder.
The
related action word/ verb “escalar”,
which means to climb*.
*NB
The Spanish verb “escalar”
is seldom used in the context of 'walking up stairs'. A more commonly
used verb in that context is “subir”
(to go up).
Some commonly used expressions with the word “escalera”
are:
- Bajar la(s) escalera(s) (to walk down the stairs);
- Barrer la(s) escalera(s) (to sweep the stairs/ staircase);
- Escalera de color (straight flush- game of Poker);
- Escalera de caracol (spiral stairs/ staircase);
- Escalera de incendios (fire escape/ stairs);
- Escalera de mano (ladder);
- Escalera de servicio (service stairs/ staircase);
- Escalera de tijera (stepladder);
- Escalera doble (stepladder);
- Escalera eléctrica (escalator);
- Escalera mecánica (escalator);
- Escalera móvil (escalator);
- Escalera real de color (royal flush- game of Poker);
- Subir la(s) escalera(s) (to walk upstairs);
Some
examples of the use of the word "escalera"
are:
- También tengo una escalera, pero la tuya me gana (I also have a straight run, but yours beats mine);
- Menuda escalera te ha dejado el barbero (what an uneven/ bad haircut has the barber given to you);
- Por favor, bajar la escalera despacio (please walk down the stairs slowly);
- Hay que barrer la escalera a menudo (the stairs have to be swept often);
- Con una escalera de color sólo se gana a veces (with a straight flush you only win sometimes);
- Bajamos por la escalera de incendios (we went down the fire escape);
- Hace falta una escalera de mano para subir al desván (you need ladders to go up to the attic/ loft);
- Bajamos por la escalera de servicio (we walked down the service stairs);
- Tengo una escalera de tijera para tareas de bricolaje (I have a stepladder for DIY jobs);
- Tengo una escalera de tijera para tareas de bricolaje (I have a stepladder for DIY jobs);
- Bajamos por la escalera eléctrica (we went down on the escalator);
- Bajamos por la escalera mecánica (we went down on the escalator);
- Bajamos por la escalera móvil (we went down on the escalator);
- Con una escalera real de color siempre se gana (with a royal flush you always win);
- Subimos las escaleras de dos en dos (we climbed the stairs two at a time);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "escalera"
in
the YouTube clip: Los destrampados- Broma de la escalera
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “escalera” in
the link to hear the word pronounced.
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