escalão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [is.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [es.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [es.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧lão

Noun

escalão m (plural escalões)

  1. echelon (a level or rank in an organisation, profession, or society)
  2. bracket (an interval between two values, as in a tax bracket)
  3. (dialectal, Trás-os-Montes) step (of a staircase) or rung (of a ladder)
    Synonym: degrau

Further reading

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