escalerilla

Spanish

Etymology

From escalera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskaleˈɾiʝa/ [es.ka.leˈɾi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /eskaleˈɾiʎa/ [es.ka.leˈɾi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /eskaleˈɾiʃa/ [es.ka.leˈɾi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /eskaleˈɾiʒa/ [es.ka.leˈɾi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: es‧ca‧le‧ri‧lla

Noun

escalerilla f (plural escalerillas)

stepladder

Further reading

“escalerilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025