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escalón

step

noun es-kah-LOHN Rare
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Also means

rung

Usage Note

Escalón is one individual step of a staircase or ladder, or figuratively a rung or level in a hierarchy. The plural escalones is regular. Distinguish from escalera (the staircase as a whole) and peldaño, a near-synonym for a single step. Escalar posiciones is the verb phrase for climbing the ranks.

Examples

"Subió los escalones de dos en dos."

Natural Translation

He climbed the steps two at a time.

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