stairs in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for stairs in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stair [Am stɛr, Brit stɛː] N

1. stair <stairs, pl > (flight of stairs):

stair

escalera(s) f(pl)

to fall down the stairs

caerse por la(s) escalera(s)

at the foot of the stairs

al pie de la(s) escalera(s)

he shouted from the top of the stairs

gritó desde arriba

life below stairs Brit

la vida de la servidumbre

2. stair <stairs, pl > (stairway):

stair

escalera(s) f(pl)

3. stair (single step):

stair

escalón m

stair

peldaño m

stair carpet

alfombra f de escalera

stair rail

barandilla f

stair rail

baranda f

stair rod N

stair rod

varilla f (que sujeta la alfombra de la escalera)

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creaky stairs

que cruje

I heard him thudding up the stairs

lo oí subir pesadamente las escaleras

Translations for stairs in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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escalera de emergencia

emergency stairs

peldaño

stair

escalera

stairs pl

bajó la escalera para recibirme

he came downstairs o down the stairs to greet me

subí las escaleras corriendo

I ran up the stairs

nos encontramos en la escalera

we met on the stairs o on the staircase

tanto subir y bajar me fatiga

all this going up and down stairs tires me out

tanto subir y bajar me fatiga

all this going up and down stairs takes it out of me inf

se fatiga subiendo las escaleras

she gets breathless o out of breath climbing stairs

dio un trastabillón al subir la escalera

she tripped as she went up the stairs

se cayó tontamente por las escaleras y se mató

he just o only fell down the stairs but he killed himself

stairs in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stairs in the English»Spanish Dictionary

stair [steəʳ, Am ster] N

1. stair (rung):

stair

peldaño m

2. stair pl (set of steps):

stair

escalera f

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handrail stairs

pasamanos m inv

moving stairs

escaleras mecánicas

climb stairs

subir

to tear down the stairs

precipitarse escaleras abajo

flight of stairs

tramo m

bottom of stairs, page

pie m

Translations for stairs in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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escalera

stairs

escalera de servicio

service stairs

subir una escalera a trancos

to go up the stairs two at a time

tuvimos que bajar la escalera tanteando

we had to feel our way down the stairs

stairs Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

moving stairs

escaleras mecánicas

to fall down the stairs

caerse por las escaleras

to go down the stairs

bajar las escaleras

we often passed on the stairs

a menudo nos cruzábamos en la escalera

to tear down the stairs

precipitarse escaleras abajo

to go up the stairs

subir las escaleras

we had to feel our way down the stairs

tuvimos que bajar la escalera tanteando

to go up the stairs two at a time

subir una escalera a trancos

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We had one client who had pull-out stairs to store all the shoes and was a really neat way not to clutter up the house.

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The paneling in the drawing room conceals a secret doorway leading to a set of stairs.

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The vertical stabbing funnel on the roof is designed to light the stairs.

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He fell headlong down the stairs and died of his injuries two days later.

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How much does it cost to have a worker de-ice the stairs -- even at octuple overtime?

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She can't go up the stairs, so there's a commode to empty out.

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A semicircular flight of stairs leads to the ogival main portal, which announces the dominant forms of the interior.

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On the ground level here you get some truly wonderful space -- a large living area under the stairs and an adjacent rangy rumpus room.

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Stairs lead up or down, and seem to offer an escape out of this constricting situation.

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The full-time ones are at the north end and each has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs.

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