escalante
Spanish, adjective/eskaˈlante/
escalante is spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escalante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “that climbs, who climbs, climbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante poco usada de escalador”.
What does escalante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinethat climbs, who climbs, climbing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante poco usada de escalador.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escalante
- escalantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escalante?
- /eskaˈlante/
- [es.kaˈlãn̪.t̪e]
- [eskaˈlãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escalante in Spanish?
escalante appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).