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1 escalation
noun escaladatr[eskə'leɪʃən]1 (war) intensificación nombre femenino, agravamiento, escalada2 (prices) subida, aumentoescalation [.ɛskə'leɪʃən] n: intensificación f, escalada f, aumento m, subida f'eskə'leɪʃənmass & count noun (of war, violence) escalada f; ( of dispute) intensificación f; ( of prices) aumento m, escalada f[ˌeskǝ'leɪʃǝn]N [of costs, prices] aumento m (vertiginoso), escalada f ; [of tension, conflict] intensificación f ; [of violence] intensificación f, escalada fthe threat of nuclear escalation remains — sigue en pie la amenaza de una intensificación del conflicto nuclear
* * *['eskə'leɪʃən]mass & count noun (of war, violence) escalada f; ( of dispute) intensificación f; ( of prices) aumento m, escalada f -
2 escalada
escalada sustantivo femenino 1 (Dep) ( de montaña) climb, ascent 2 (aumento, subida): la escalada de los precios the increase o escalation in prices
escalada sustantivo femenino
1 Dep climb
2 fig (de violencia, precios) rise, increase
3 (promoción) rise: la escalada en popularidad del presentador ha sido pasmosa, the presenter's rise in popularity has been astonishing ' escalada' also found in these entries: English: climbing - escalation - scramble - ascent - rock -
3 escalate
'eskəleit(to increase or enlarge rapidly: Prices are escalating.) aumentartr['eskəleɪt]1 (war) intensificar, agravar1 (war, violence, etc) intensificarse, agravarse2 (prices etc) aumentar, subir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto escalate in/into terminar en, degenerar en: intensificar (un conflicto), aumentar (precios)escalate vi: intensificarse, aumentarsev.• escalar v.• intensificar v.'eskəleɪt
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a) \<\<fighting/violence/dispute\>\> intensificarse*; \<\<prices/claims\>\> aumentarb) escalating pres p <dispute/tension> crecienteescalating wages/prices — sueldos/precios en continuo aumento or que van en escalada
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vt \<\<fighting/tension\>\> intensificar*; \<\<demands\>\> aumentar['eskǝleɪt]1. VI1) [costs, prices] subir vertiginosamenteescalating costs — costes mpl que van en continuo aumento
the cost of the project has escalated to £8.7 million — el coste del proyecto ha subido vertiginosamente a 8,7 millones de libras
2) [violence, tension, conflict] intensificarsethe violence could escalate into a war — la violencia podría intensificarse hasta llegar a una guerra
2.VT [+ conflict] intensificar; [+ demands] aumentar* * *['eskəleɪt]
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a) \<\<fighting/violence/dispute\>\> intensificarse*; \<\<prices/claims\>\> aumentarb) escalating pres p <dispute/tension> crecienteescalating wages/prices — sueldos/precios en continuo aumento or que van en escalada
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vt \<\<fighting/tension\>\> intensificar*; \<\<demands\>\> aumentar
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