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I.scale¹ [Am skeɪl, Brit skeɪl] N

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1.1. scale C (on fish, snake):

the scales fell from my/her/their eyes

se me/le/les cayó la venda de los ojos

2. scale U (deposit):

scale (in kettle, pipes)

scale (on metal)

II.scale¹ [Am skeɪl, Brit skeɪl] VB trans

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1. scale fish:

quitarle las escamas a

2. scale kettle:

quitarle el sarro a

scale² [Am skeɪl, Brit skeɪl] N

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2. scale (pan):

I.scale³ [Am skeɪl, Brit skeɪl] N

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1.1. scale (on measuring instrument):

the Richter scale

la escala de Richter

how would you grade it on a scale of 1 to 10?

¿cuánto le darías en una escala del 1 al 10?

1.3. scale (promotion ladder):

1.4. scale (ruler):

2.1. scale no pl (extent, size):

the scale of the disaster/problem

la escala or magnitud or envergadura del desastre/problema

global/national in scale

a escala global/nacional

on a large/small scale

en gran/pequeña escala

on a massive scale

we weren't expecting casualties on this scale

no esperábamos un número de bajas de estas proporciones

3. scale MUS:

II.scale³ [Am skeɪl, Brit skeɪl] VB trans (climb)

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scale mountain/wall/rock face

scale ladder

scale down VB [Am skeɪl -, Brit skeɪl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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scale back VB [Am skeɪl -, Brit skeɪl -] (v + adv + o)

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scale back expenditure/production

scale back activities

reducir el número de

scale up VB [Am skeɪl -, Brit skeɪl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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scale up drawing/model

agrandar (a escala)

scale up operation/investment

sliding scale [Am ˌslaɪdɪŋ ˈskeɪl, Brit] N

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sliding scale

escala f móvil

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scales pl

scales pl

báscula de baño

bathroom scales

balanza de baño

bathroom scales pl

balanza de cocina

kitchen scales pl

Translations for scales in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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I.scale¹ [skeɪl] N

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1. scale ZOOL:

2. scale no pl TECH, MED:

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1. scale (remove scales):

2. scale TECH, MED:

quitar el sarro de

scale² [skeɪl] N

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scale (weighing device):

scales

scales (bigger)

Phrases:

to tip the scales

inclinar la balanza

I.scale³ [skeɪl] N (range, magnitude, proportion)

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II.scale³ [skeɪl] VB trans

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1. scale (climb):

to scale the heights (of sth)

trepar a las alturas (de algo)

2. scale TECH, ARCHIT:

reducir a escala

full-scale ADJ

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1. full-scale (original size):

de tamaño natural

2. full-scale (all-out):

large-scale [ˌlɑ:dʒˈskeɪl, Am ˌlɑ:rdʒ-] ADJ

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large-scale

wage scale N

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escala f de salarios

sliding scale N

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sliding scale

escala f móvil

salary scale N

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salary scale

banda f salarial

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scales pl

scales pl

scales

scales (bigger)

to tip the scales

inclinar la balanza

on a large/small scale

a gran/pequeña escala

to scale the heights (of sth)

trepar a las alturas (de algo)

on a grand scale

a map with a 1:100, 000 scale

un mapa a escala 1:100.000

to be on a large scale

ser de mayor escala

to buy and sell small scale

trapichear

to buy and sell (on a small scale)

pichulear

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His teaching method made use of charts and what he called ladders, to explain scales, staffs, clefs, note values, intervals, and dynamics. en.wikipedia.org

In order to arrive at a cosmological model, however, theoreticians needed to make assumptions about the nature of the largest scales of the universe. en.wikipedia.org

The scales are a trichoderm with septate hyphae 7.2 to 23.5 m in diameter, with clamp connections and yellowish brown pigment encrusted in bands. en.wikipedia.org

The scales of the bulb become watery and disintegrate. en.wikipedia.org

These scales can be roughly categorized as microscale, mesoscale and macroscale. en.wikipedia.org

The lateral line is complete with tubes on scales; 24-25 lateral line scales, 42-48 vertical rows. en.wikipedia.org

The forewings are densely speckled with black-tipped and black scales. en.wikipedia.org

In general, the technology that scales to the smallest cell size will end up being the least expensive per bit. en.wikipedia.org

Other characters include stalked buds with just one pair of scales, and flowers on arching to pendulous racemes. en.wikipedia.org

The point is that large-scale motions in the ocean interacted with other scales by the nonlinearities in primitive equation. en.wikipedia.org

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