ladder

ladder
'lædə
1. noun
1) (a set of rungs or steps between two long supports, for climbing up or down: She was standing on a ladder painting the ceiling; the ladder of success.) escalera (de mano)
2) ((American run) a long, narrow flaw caused by the breaking of a stitch in a stocking or other knitted fabric.) carrera

2. verb
(to (cause to) develop such a flaw: I laddered my best pair of tights today; Fine stockings ladder very easily.) hacerse una carrera
ladder n escalera
ladder
tr['lædəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 escalera (de mano)
2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (in stocking) carrera
3 figurative use escala
intransitive verb
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL hacerse una carrera
transitive verb
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL hacerse una carrera en
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
rope ladder escalera de cuerda
ladder ['lædər] n
: escalera f
ladder
n.
• escala s.f.
• escalera s.f.
• escalera de mano s.f.
• escalón s.m.
'lædər, 'lædə(r)
I
noun
1) (Const) escalera f (de mano)
2) (scale)

the social ladder — la escala social

you have to start at the bottom of the ladder — hay que empezar desde abajo

3) (in stocking, tights) (BrE) carrera f

II
1.
(BrE) transitive verb

to ladder one's stockings — hacerse* una carrera en las medias


2.
vi

my tights have laddered — se me ha hecho una carrera en las medias

['lædǝ(r)]
1. N
1) escalera f de mano; extension 2., rope 3.
2) (fig) escala f , jerarquía f

the social ladder — la escala social

it's a first step up the ladder — es el primer peldaño

it's a first step up the ladder of success — es el primer paso hacia el éxito

to be at the top of the ladder — estar en la cumbre de su profesión etc

3) (Brit) (in stockings) carrera f
2.
VT (Brit) [+ stocking, tights] hacer una carrera en
3.
VI (Brit) [stocking] hacerse una carrera
* * *
['lædər, 'lædə(r)]
I
noun
1) (Const) escalera f (de mano)
2) (scale)

the social ladder — la escala social

you have to start at the bottom of the ladder — hay que empezar desde abajo

3) (in stocking, tights) (BrE) carrera f

II
1.
(BrE) transitive verb

to ladder one's stockings — hacerse* una carrera en las medias


2.
vi

my tights have laddered — se me ha hecho una carrera en las medias


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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