noun🔗ShareEscaleraA ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending."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.structurewayessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscalaAn ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude."Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10."Por favor, califique su experiencia en una escala del 1 al 10.mathstatisticsnumberscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscala, tamañoSize; scope."The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale."El Holocausto fue una locura a una escala enorme.amountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscalaThe ratio of depicted distance to actual distance."This map uses a scale of 1:10."Este mapa utiliza una escala de 1:10.mathgeographyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscalaA line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced."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.technicalartmathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscalaA series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies."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.musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBaseA mathematical base for a numeral system; radix."the decimal scale; the binary scale"la base decimal; la base binariamathnumbersystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscala, gradación, sucesiónGradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order."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.degreerangesystemqualitynumbermathessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscala salarial, tarifaA standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union."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.entertainmentjobbusinessworkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscalar, ampliarTo change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product."We should scale that up by a factor of 10."Deberíamos escalar eso por un factor de 10.businesstechnologyindustryeconomyprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscalarTo climb to the top of."Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."Hilary y Norgay fueron los primeros conocidos en escalar el Everest.actionsportachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscalar, ampliarTo tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors."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.technologycomputingbusinesssystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePesar, medir, graduarTo weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system."The teacher will scale the students' project reports using a rubric. "El profesor calificará los informes de proyectos de los estudiantes utilizando una rúbrica.systemvaluebusinesseconomysciencestatisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscamaPart of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile."The fish's scales shimmered in the sunlight. "Las escamas del pez brillaban bajo la luz del sol.animalbodypartbiologyfishanatomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscamaA small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color."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.animalinsectbiologycolorappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscamaA flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis."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.medicineanimaldiseasebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscamaPart of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds."The pine cone's scale opened, releasing the tiny seeds. "La escama del cono de pino se abrió, liberando las diminutas semillas.plantpartseednaturebiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoria, cascarillaThe flaky material sloughed off heated metal."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.materialtechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCota de escamasScale mail (as opposed to chain mail)."The medieval knight wore scale armor, not chain mail. "El caballero medieval llevaba una cota de escamas, no una cota de malla.militaryweaponwearessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCalLimescale."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.substancematerialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCochinillaA scale insect."The gardener noticed a small scale insect on the rose bush. "El jardinero notó una pequeña cochinilla en el rosal.insectanimalbiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCachasThe thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife."The pocketknife's scale was smooth and cool to the touch. "Las cachas de la navaja eran lisas y frías al tacto.materialpartutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesescamarTo remove the scales of."Please scale that fish for dinner."Por favor, desescame ese pescado para la cena.foodfishessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscamarse, desarrollar escamasTo become scaly; to produce or develop scales."The dry weather is making my skin scale."El clima seco está haciendo que mi piel se escame.organismbiologyanimalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesincrustar, descamarTo strip or clear of scale; to descale."to scale the inside of a boiler"desincrustar el interior de una calderabiologyanimalfoodfishessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDesescamar, quitar la sarroTo take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface."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.physiologymedicinebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDescamarse, pelarseTo separate and come off in thin layers or laminae."Some sandstone scales by exposure."Algunas areniscas se descaman por la exposición.biologymaterialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDispersar, extenderTo scatter; to spread."The children scaled their drawings of the park across the classroom walls. "Los niños dispersaron sus dibujos del parque por las paredes del aula.actionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLimpiarTo clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder."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.militaryweapontechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBalanzaA device to measure mass or weight."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.deviceutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlato de la balanzaEither of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales."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.utensilmachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading