escalar

v.

1 to climb.

Elsa escaló el monte Elsa climbed the hill.

2 to increase, to move up, to augment, to escalate.

Ellos escalaron los precios They increased the prices.

3 to scale up, to increase.

Ellos escalaron las inversiones They scaled up the investments.

4 to go climbing, to climb.

Elsa y María escalaron ayer Elsa and Mary went climbing yesterday.

5 to commit burglary.

Ellos escalan en este barrio They commit burglary in this neighborhood.

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escalar

► verbo transitivo

1 (montaña) to climb; (pendiente) to scale

2 (asaltar) to burgle

3 figurado (subir) to climb; (armas, guerra) to escalate

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verb

1) to climb, scale

2) escalate

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1. VT

1) [+ montaña] to climb, scale

2) [+ casa] to burgle, burglarize (EEUU), break into

3) [en la escala social] to scale, rise to

escalar puestos — to move up

4) (Inform) (=reducir) to scale down; (=aumentar) to scale up

2. VI

1) [alpinista] to climb

2) [en la escala social] to climb the social ladder, get on, go up in the world *

3) (Náut) to call, put in (en at)

4) (Mil, Pol) to escalate

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <montaña/pared> to climb, scale; (en jerarquía, clasificación) to climb (up)

2) (Inf) (reducir) to scale down; (aumentar) to scale up

2.

escalar vi

1) (Dep) to climb, go climbing

2) (Náut)

escalar en un puerto — to put in at a port

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= climb, spiral, scale.

Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex. Hospital admissions doubled, out patient services quintupled, dental services quadrupled, and hospital births spiraled.

Ex. You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

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* análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.

* análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.

* escalar una montaña = scale + mountain.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <montaña/pared> to climb, scale; (en jerarquía, clasificación) to climb (up)

2) (Inf) (reducir) to scale down; (aumentar) to scale up

2.

escalar vi

1) (Dep) to climb, go climbing

2) (Náut)

escalar en un puerto — to put in at a port

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= climb, spiral, scale.

Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex: Hospital admissions doubled, out patient services quintupled, dental services quadrupled, and hospital births spiraled.

Ex: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

* análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.

* análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.

* escalar una montaña = scale + mountain.

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escalar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹montaña/pared› to climb, scale

2 (en una jerarquía) to climb

la canción sigue escalando puestos en las listas the song is still climbing up the charts

B (Inf) (reducir) to scale down; (aumentar) to scale up

■ escalar

vi

A (Dep) to climb, go climbing

B (Náut):

escalar en un puerto to put in at a port

Finnshipping escalará semanalmente en Barcelona Finnshipping will dock at o put in at Barcelona once a week

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escalar (conjugate escalar) verbo transitivo ‹montaña/pared› to climb, scale;
(en jerarquía, clasificación) to climb (up)
verbo intransitivo (Dep) to climb, go climbing
escalar
I verbo transitivo to climb, scale
II adjetivo Elec
♦ Locuciones: magnitud escalar, scalar quantitity
'escalar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brío
English:
arduous
- climb
- scale
- ascend
- spiral

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escalar

♦ vt

1. [montaña, pared] to climb

2. [en jerarquía, lista, ranking] to climb;

ha escalado varios puestos en el ranking de la ATP he has risen several places in the ATP ranking

♦ vi

1. [por montaña, pared] to climb

2. [en jerarquía, lista, ranking] to rise

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escalar

I v/t climb, scale;

escalar un alto puesto rise to a high position

II v/i climb

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escalar vt

: to climb, to scale

escalar vi

1) : to go climbing

2) : to escalate

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escalar vb to climb