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scară
staircase /ˈska.rə/
noun#1240 most common
Also: ladder, scale (of a map or measurement), flight of stairs
Example sentences
Scara este lângă ușă.
The staircase is next to the door.
Copilul urcă scara încet.
The child climbs the stairs slowly.
Pompierii au adus o scară lungă.
The firefighters brought a long ladder.
Balustrada scării era ruginită.
The staircase's railing was rusted.
Harta are o scară de unu la o sută de mii, ceea ce facilitează orientarea turiștilor.
The map has a scale of one to one hundred thousand, which makes it easier for tourists to find their way.
A urca pe scara socială fără compromisuri morale rămâne, pentru mulți, un ideal greu de atins.
Climbing the social ladder without moral compromises remains, for many, an ideal that is hard to achieve.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scară | scări |
| Genitive | scări | scărilor |
| Accusative | scară | scări |
| Vocative | scară | scări |
Word family
scărițăsmall ladder, rung, or stirrup
scară rulantăescalator
scară de incendiufire escape
pe scară largăon a large scale
Etymology
Romanian "scară" descends from Latin "scala", meaning a ladder or flight of steps. "Scala" itself is tied to the Latin verb "scandere", to climb. The word has stayed close to its Latin sense for two thousand years, covering both a literal staircase and a figurative scale of measurement.
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