scale1

/skeɪl/

Translation

n [c, u]

› (en un mapa)

⇨ escala

n [c]

›

⇨ escala

metric scale

escala métrica

› (en un pez)

⇨ escama

■ Se usa más en plural

› (en música)

⇨ escala musical

› US (UK scales)

⇨ báscula

⇨ peso

n [no pl]

›

⇨ magnitud

⇨ tamaño

to scale

⇨ a escala

Véase tb: pay scale; scales; sliding scale

(Definition of scale nnn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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