escalar

to climb

escalar(ehs-kah-lahr)

transitive verb

1. (to go up)

a. to climb

Un día escalaré el monte Everest.

Some day I will climb Mount Everest.

b. to scale

Escaló la pared utilizando una cuerda.

She scaled the wall using a rope.

2. (to advance)

a. to climb

La canción no ha dejado de escalar puestos en la lista de éxitos.

The song has kept climbing up the charts.

intransitive verb

3. (sports)

a. to climb

Nosotros vamos a escalar en el parque nacional todos los fines de semana.

We go climbing at the national park every weekend.

4. (to advance)

a. to climb

Su matrimonio le sirvió para escalar socialmente.

He used his marriage to climb the social ladder.

5. (nautical)

a. to put in

El barco escalará en Lanzarote y Casablanca.

The ship will put in at Lanzarote and Casablanca.

escalar

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to climb

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escalar

transitive verb

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 (Informática) (reducir) to scale down; (aumentar) to scale up

intransitive verb

1 [+alpinista] to climb

2 (en la escala social) to climb the social ladder; get on; go up in the world (familiar)

3 (Náutica) to call; put in;en at

4 (Mil) (Política) to escalate