escala
Portuguese, noun/isˈka.lɐ/
escala is spelled E-S-C-A-L-A (6 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scale, measure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escalar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de escalar; escada; escalada”.
What does escala mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescale, measure
noun
- 1
femininestopover
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de escalar; escada; escalada 2. parada de um navio ou avião para receber passageiros ou carga 3. relação de dimensões entre o desenho e o objeto representado 4. sucessão de notas musicais dispostas pela sua ordem natural na extensão de uma oitava
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escala
- escalas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escala?
- Brazil /isˈka.lɐ/
- Brazil /esˈka.lɐ/
- /iʃˈka.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escala in Portuguese?
escala appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).