🇪🇸 Spanish

escaleras

feminine

las escaleras

stairs

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escaleras
/las eskaˈleɾas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say escaleras in Spanish?

IPA
/las eskaˈleɾas/

How do you pronounce escaleras in Spanish?

escaleras is pronounced /las eskaˈleɾas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La escalera nueva es muy empinada y peligrosa.

The new staircase is very steep and dangerous.

Encontré la escalera rota en el sótano y la reparé inmediatamente.

I found the broken staircase in the basement and repaired it immediately.

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Why is it feminine?

Escaleras is feminine because it derives from the Latin "scala" (feminine), which originally meant "ladder" or "staircase," and Spanish inherited the feminine gender from this Latin root through regular sound changes during the Romance language evolution.

What is the Spanish word for stairs?

The Spanish word for stairs is las escaleras — feminine.

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