escala

noun, feminine

1. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent)
2. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude)
3. scale (a series of notes spanning an octave)
4. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military)
5. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance)
6. scale (size; scope)

noun, feminine

1. stopover, layover (a short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption)