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121 escalera
f.1 stairs, staircase.escalera de caracol spiral staircaseescalera de incendios fire escapeescalera mecánica escalatorescalera de servicio service stairsescalera de tijera step ladder2 run.escalera de color straight flush3 stair, stairway, staircase, stairs.4 ladder, step ladder, stepladder.* * *1 stairs plural, staircase2 (escala) ladder3 (naipes) run, sequence\escalera de caracol spiral staircaseescalera de incendios fire escapeescalera de servicio back stairs plural, servant's staircaseescalera doble / escalera de tijera stepladderescalera mecánica / escalera automática escalator* * *noun f.1) stairs2) ladder* * *SF1) [de edificio] stairs pl, staircasecorrió escaleras abajo — she ran downstairs o down the stairs
se cayó por las escaleras — she fell downstairs o down the stairs
escalera mecánica, escalera móvil — escalator
2) [portátil] ladderescalera de pintor, escalera de tijera, escalera doble — stepladder, steps pl
3) (Naipes) run, sequence; [en póquer] straight* * *1) ( de edificio) stairs (pl), staircasebajó las escaleras — he came downstairs o down the stairs
2) ( portátil) tbescalera de mano — ladder; ( de tijera) stepladder
3) ( en naipes) run; ( juego de tablero) snakes and ladders•* * *= ladder, rib, stairways, stepladder.Ex. 2 metaphors in particular are considered: reading is a ladder; and reading is eating.Ex. The plank was hauled in and out between the cheeks by girths at each end which were wound round a small windlass underneath the ribs.Ex. Librarians must be made aware of the dangers of open floor bookstacks and open stairways and budgets must provide funds to achieve an acceptable level of fire safety.Ex. As a result, the worker lost his balance, fell off the stepladder, and fractured his right leg.----* escalera de caracol = winding stair, spiralling staircase, spiral staircase, winding staircase.* escalera de cuerda = Jacob's ladder.* escalera de mano = stepladder.* escalera deslizante = escalator.* escalera de tijera = stepladder.* escalera mecánica = escalator.* escalera plegable = telescopic ladder, stepladder.* escalera rodante = escalator.* escaleras = stairs, stairways.* hueco de la escalera = stairwell.* tramo de escaleras = flight of stairs.* * *1) ( de edificio) stairs (pl), staircasebajó las escaleras — he came downstairs o down the stairs
2) ( portátil) tbescalera de mano — ladder; ( de tijera) stepladder
3) ( en naipes) run; ( juego de tablero) snakes and ladders•* * *= ladder, rib, stairways, stepladder.Ex: 2 metaphors in particular are considered: reading is a ladder; and reading is eating.
Ex: The plank was hauled in and out between the cheeks by girths at each end which were wound round a small windlass underneath the ribs.Ex: Librarians must be made aware of the dangers of open floor bookstacks and open stairways and budgets must provide funds to achieve an acceptable level of fire safety.Ex: As a result, the worker lost his balance, fell off the stepladder, and fractured his right leg.* escalera de caracol = winding stair, spiralling staircase, spiral staircase, winding staircase.* escalera de cuerda = Jacob's ladder.* escalera de mano = stepladder.* escalera deslizante = escalator.* escalera de tijera = stepladder.* escalera mecánica = escalator.* escalera plegable = telescopic ladder, stepladder.* escalera rodante = escalator.* escaleras = stairs, stairways.* hueco de la escalera = stairwell.* tramo de escaleras = flight of stairs.* * *A (de un edificio) stairs (pl), staircasebajó la escalera para recibirme he came downstairs o down the stairs to greet mesubí las escaleras corriendo I ran up the stairsuna escalera de mármol a marble staircasenos encontramos en la escalera we met on the stairs o on the staircaseel hueco de la escalera the stairwellle ayudé a empapelar la escalera I helped him to paper the stairwayCompuestos:spiral staircaseemergency stairsfire escape( Méx); escalatorspiral staircaseB1 (portátil) tbescalera de mano ladder2 (de tijera) stepladderCompuestos:turntable ladderescalatorC1 (en naipes) run2 (juego de tablero) snakes and laddersCompuestos:● escalera flor or de color( Col) royal flushroyal flush* * *
escalera sustantivo femenino
1 ( de edificio) stairs (pl), staircase;◊ bajó las escaleras he came downstairs o down the stairs;
el hueco de la escalera the stairwell;
escalera (de) caracol spiral staircase;
escalera mecánica escalator
2 ( portátil) tb
( de tijera) stepladder
3 ( en naipes) run;
( juego de tablero) snakes and ladders
escalera sustantivo femenino
1 stairs pl, staircase: hay que barrer la escalera, we have to sweep the staircase
escalera de caracol, spiral staircase
escalera de incendios, fire escape
2 (portátil) ladder
3 (naipes) run
♦ Locuciones: escalera de color, straight flush
' escalera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguantar
- escala
- pasamanos
- peldaño
- rellano
- rodar
- sujetar
- tramo
- travesaño
- afirmar
- bajar
- baranda
- burro
- espiral
- fijo
- firme
- hueco
- interior
- por
- punto
- seguro
- tijeras
English:
atop
- bottom
- climb
- descend
- down
- downstairs
- escalator
- fall
- fire escape
- flight
- kick down
- ladder
- landing
- reach
- rope ladder
- rung
- secure
- spiral staircase
- stair
- staircase
- stairwell
- steady
- step
- stepladder
- tread
- tumble down
- unsteady
- up
- well
- do
- fire
- manage
- maneuver
- pass
- rope
- spiral
- summon
* * *escalera nf1. [en edificio] stairs, staircase;escalera (de mano) ladder;me crucé con ellos en la escalera I passed them on the stairs;se cayó por el hueco de la escalera she fell down the stairwell;salió corriendo escaleras abajo/arriba he rushed down/up the stairs;antes que eso prefiero estar por ahí limpiando escaleras I'd sooner clean stairs than do thatescalera automática escalator;escalera de caracol spiral staircase;escalera de emergencia emergency stairs;escalera de incendios fire escape;escalera mecánica escalator, moving staircase;escalera de servicio service stairs;escalera de tijera stepladder2. [en naipes] runescalera de color straight flush;escalera real royal flush* * *f stairs pl, staircase* * *escalera nf1) : ladderescalera de tijera: stepladder2) : stairs pl, staircase3)escalera mecánica : escalator* * *escalera n1. (de un edificio) stairs2. (portátil) ladder -
122 estado natural
m.state of nature.* * *(n.) = natural stateEx. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.* * *(n.) = natural stateEx: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
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123 estar acabando con
(v.) = eat away atEx. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.* * *(v.) = eat away atEx: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
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124 estar de cháchara
to have a yap* * *(v.) = chinwagEx. After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.* * *(v.) = chinwagEx: After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
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125 estar de palique
familiar to chat* * *(v.) = chinwagEx. After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.* * *(v.) = chinwagEx: After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
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126 estar de parloteo
to be chatting* * *(v.) = chinwagEx. After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.* * *(v.) = chinwagEx: After a pleasant few hours chinwagging, eating and drinking, we ventured out into the Parisian night and home.
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127 estar hecho para
(v.) = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out forEx. Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.Ex. Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.Ex. It is not meant to be that.Ex. If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring.* * *(v.) = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out forEx: Many of the problems facing society are so complex, the narrowness and resistance to change by many professions may lead to their extinction because they are not geared to contribute to the solution of those problems.
Ex: Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.Ex: It is not meant to be that.Ex: If you consider eating out a couple times a week a necessity rather than a lark, you aren't cut out for living on a shoestring. -
128 estar hecho un flan
→ link=estar estar como un flan* * *(v.) = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leafEx. 15 minutes later she was eating her breakfast like nothing ever happened, but I was shaking like a leaf.Ex. During the wedding ceremony he trembled like a leaf, and made the wrong responses to the clergyman.* * *(v.) = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leafEx: 15 minutes later she was eating her breakfast like nothing ever happened, but I was shaking like a leaf.
Ex: During the wedding ceremony he trembled like a leaf, and made the wrong responses to the clergyman.
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