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noun

Escalera

A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.

Examples :

"The fire escape was a metal scale, providing a way to safely descend from the third floor. "

La escalera de incendios era una escalera de metal, que proporcionaba una forma de descender de forma segura desde el tercer piso.

noun

Escala

An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.

Examples :

"Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."

Por favor, califique su experiencia en una escala del 1 al 10.

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noun

Escala, tamaño

Size; scope.

Examples :

"The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."

El Holocausto fue una locura a una escala enorme.

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noun

Escala

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

Examples :

"This map uses a scale of 1:10."

Este mapa utiliza una escala de 1:10.

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noun

Escala

A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.

Examples :

"The architectural drawing of the house included a scale to show how big the rooms actually are. "

El dibujo arquitectónico de la casa incluía una escala para mostrar el tamaño real de las habitaciones.

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noun

Escala

A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.

Examples :

"The music teacher showed the students a scale of C major, explaining how the notes created a melody. "

El profesor de música mostró a los estudiantes una escala de do mayor, explicando cómo las notas creaban una melodía.

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noun

Base

A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.

Examples :

"the decimal scale; the binary scale"

la base decimal; la base binaria

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noun

Escala, gradación, sucesión

Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.

Examples :

"The teacher outlined a precise scale of difficulty for the math assignments, starting with basic equations and progressing to complex calculus problems. "

El profesor delineó una escala precisa de dificultad para las tareas de matemáticas, comenzando con ecuaciones básicas y progresando hacia problemas complejos de cálculo.

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noun

Escala salarial, tarifa

A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

Examples :

"The musician's union negotiated a higher scale for their upcoming concert performances. "

El sindicato de músicos negoció una tarifa más alta para sus próximos conciertos.

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verb

Escalar, ampliar

To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

Examples :

"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."

Deberíamos escalar eso por un factor de 10.

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verb

Escalar

To climb to the top of.

Examples :

"Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."

Hilary y Norgay fueron los primeros conocidos en escalar el Everest.

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verb

Escalar, ampliar

To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.

Examples :

"The company is scaling its online order processing to handle the increased demand during the holiday season. "

La empresa está escalando el procesamiento de pedidos en línea para manejar el aumento de la demanda durante la temporada navideña.

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verb

Pesar, medir, graduar

To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

Examples :

"The teacher will scale the students' project reports using a rubric. "

El profesor calificará los informes de proyectos de los estudiantes utilizando una rúbrica.

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noun

Escama

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

Examples :

"The fish's scales shimmered in the sunlight. "

Las escamas del pez brillaban bajo la luz del sol.

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noun

Escama

A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.

Examples :

"The butterfly's wings were covered in tiny scales, giving them their vibrant colors. "

Las alas de la mariposa estaban cubiertas de pequeñas escamas, que les daban sus colores vibrantes.

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noun

Escama

A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.

Examples :

"The dog had a small scale on its paw, a sign of the skin irritation. "

El perro tenía una pequeña escama en la pata, señal de la irritación de la piel.

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noun

Escama

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.

Examples :

"The pine cone's scale opened, releasing the tiny seeds. "

La escama del cono de pino se abrió, liberando las diminutas semillas.

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noun

Escoria, cascarilla

The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.

Examples :

"The metal in the oven was producing a lot of scale, making it difficult to clean. "

El metal en el horno estaba produciendo mucha escoria, lo que dificultaba la limpieza.

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noun

Cota de escamas

Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

Examples :

"The medieval knight wore scale armor, not chain mail. "

El caballero medieval llevaba una cota de escamas, no una cota de malla.

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noun

Cal

Limescale.

Examples :

"The kettle was covered in a thick layer of limescale, making it difficult to clean. "

La tetera estaba cubierta por una gruesa capa de cal, lo que dificultaba su limpieza.

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noun

Cochinilla

A scale insect.

Examples :

"The gardener noticed a small scale insect on the rose bush. "

El jardinero notó una pequeña cochinilla en el rosal.

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noun

Cachas

The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.

Examples :

"The pocketknife's scale was smooth and cool to the touch. "

Las cachas de la navaja eran lisas y frías al tacto.

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verb

Desescamar

To remove the scales of.

Examples :

"Please scale that fish for dinner."

Por favor, desescame ese pescado para la cena.

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verb

Escamarse, desarrollar escamas

To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.

Examples :

"The dry weather is making my skin scale."

El clima seco está haciendo que mi piel se escame.

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verb

Desincrustar, descamar

To strip or clear of scale; to descale.

Examples :

"to scale the inside of a boiler"

desincrustar el interior de una caldera

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verb

Desescamar, quitar la sarro

To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.

Examples :

"The chef scaled the hard-boiled eggs, carefully peeling off the shells in thin layers. "

El chef desescamó los huevos duros, quitando cuidadosamente las cáscaras en capas finas.

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verb

Descamarse, pelarse

To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.

Examples :

"Some sandstone scales by exposure."

Algunas areniscas se descaman por la exposición.

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Dispersar, extender

To scatter; to spread.

Examples :

"The children scaled their drawings of the park across the classroom walls. "

Los niños dispersaron sus dibujos del parque por las paredes del aula.

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verb

Limpiar

To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

Examples :

"The artillery crew scaled the cannon to prepare it for the next firing. "

La tripulación de artillería limpió el cañón para prepararlo para el siguiente disparo.

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noun

Balanza

A device to measure mass or weight.

Examples :

"After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale."

Después del largo y perezoso invierno, tenía miedo de subirme a la balanza.

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noun

Plato de la balanza

Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Examples :

"The baker carefully placed the flour on one scale of the kitchen balance. "

El panadero colocó cuidadosamente la harina en un plato de la balanza de la cocina.

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Meanings

Escalera

Examples :

"The fire escape was a metal scale, providing a way to safely descend from the third floor. "

La escalera de incendios era una escalera de metal, que proporcionaba una forma de descender de forma segura desde el tercer piso.

Escala

Examples :

"Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."

Por favor, califique su experiencia en una escala del 1 al 10.

Escala, tamaño

Examples :

"The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."

El Holocausto fue una locura a una escala enorme.

Escala

Examples :

"This map uses a scale of 1:10."

Este mapa utiliza una escala de 1:10.

Escala

Examples :

"The architectural drawing of the house included a scale to show how big the rooms actually are. "

El dibujo arquitectónico de la casa incluía una escala para mostrar el tamaño real de las habitaciones.

Escala

Examples :

"The music teacher showed the students a scale of C major, explaining how the notes created a melody. "

El profesor de música mostró a los estudiantes una escala de do mayor, explicando cómo las notas creaban una melodía.

Base

Examples :

"the decimal scale; the binary scale"

la base decimal; la base binaria

Escala, gradación, sucesión

Examples :

"The teacher outlined a precise scale of difficulty for the math assignments, starting with basic equations and progressing to complex calculus problems. "

El profesor delineó una escala precisa de dificultad para las tareas de matemáticas, comenzando con ecuaciones básicas y progresando hacia problemas complejos de cálculo.

Escala salarial, tarifa

Examples :

"The musician's union negotiated a higher scale for their upcoming concert performances. "

El sindicato de músicos negoció una tarifa más alta para sus próximos conciertos.

Escalar, ampliar

Examples :

"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."

Deberíamos escalar eso por un factor de 10.

Escalar

Examples :

"Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."

Hilary y Norgay fueron los primeros conocidos en escalar el Everest.

Escalar, ampliar

Examples :

"The company is scaling its online order processing to handle the increased demand during the holiday season. "

La empresa está escalando el procesamiento de pedidos en línea para manejar el aumento de la demanda durante la temporada navideña.

Pesar, medir, graduar

Examples :

"The teacher will scale the students' project reports using a rubric. "

El profesor calificará los informes de proyectos de los estudiantes utilizando una rúbrica.

Escama

Examples :

"The fish's scales shimmered in the sunlight. "

Las escamas del pez brillaban bajo la luz del sol.

Escama

Examples :

"The butterfly's wings were covered in tiny scales, giving them their vibrant colors. "

Las alas de la mariposa estaban cubiertas de pequeñas escamas, que les daban sus colores vibrantes.

Escama

Examples :

"The dog had a small scale on its paw, a sign of the skin irritation. "

El perro tenía una pequeña escama en la pata, señal de la irritación de la piel.

Escama

Examples :

"The pine cone's scale opened, releasing the tiny seeds. "

La escama del cono de pino se abrió, liberando las diminutas semillas.

Escoria, cascarilla

Examples :

"The metal in the oven was producing a lot of scale, making it difficult to clean. "

El metal en el horno estaba produciendo mucha escoria, lo que dificultaba la limpieza.

Cota de escamas

Examples :

"The medieval knight wore scale armor, not chain mail. "

El caballero medieval llevaba una cota de escamas, no una cota de malla.

Cal

Examples :

"The kettle was covered in a thick layer of limescale, making it difficult to clean. "