stair

stair
steə
noun
((any one of) a number of steps, usually inside a building, going from one floor to another: He fell down the stairs.)
- stairway
stair
tr[steəSMALLr/SMALL]
noun
1 (single step) escalón nombre masculino, peldaño
2 literal escalera
plural noun stairs
1 escalera f sing
■ he was sitting at the bottom of the stairs estaba sentado al pie de la escalera
■ I was going up/down the stairs subía/baja la escalera
■ a flight of stairs un tramo de escalera
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
above stairs la parte de la casa donde vivían los señores
below stairs la parte de la casa donde trabajaba el servicio
stair ['stær] n
1) step: escalón m, peldaño m
2) stairs npl
: escalera f , escaleras fpl
stair
n.
• escalera s.f.
• escalón s.m.
• peldaño s.m.
ster, steə(r)
noun
a) stairs pl (flight of stairs, stairway) escalera(s) f(pl)

life below stairs — (BrE) la vida de la servidumbre

b) (single step) escalón m, peldaño m
[stɛǝ(r)]
1. N
1) (=single step) escalón m , peldaño m ; (=stairway) escalera f
2) stairs escalera f

a flight of stairs — un tramo de escalera

life below stairs — la vida de los criados

gossip below stairs — habladurías fpl de la servidumbre

2.
CPD

stair carpet N — alfombra f de escalera

stair lift N — (plataforma f ) salvaescaleras m inv , elevador m de escaleras

stair rod N — varilla f (para sujetar la alfombra de la escalera)

* * *
[ster, steə(r)]
noun
a) stairs pl (flight of stairs, stairway) escalera(s) f(pl)

life below stairs — (BrE) la vida de la servidumbre

b) (single step) escalón m, peldaño m

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