"escalón" meaning in Spanish

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "escalonar"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From escala + -ón.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "escalones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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      "expansion": "escalón m (plural escalones)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "es‧ca‧lón"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "step (of a ladder, staircase)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "peldaño"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "grade, rank (in a hierarchy)"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "grade",
          "grade"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rango"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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        "step, stage"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "etapa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 34 2 62",
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          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -ón",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drop"
      ],
      "id": "en-escalón-es-noun-2Q7pzPa-",
      "links": [
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bajada"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eskaˈlon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[es.kaˈlõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "escalón"
}

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    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "escalonar"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "escala",
        "3": "-ón"
      },
      "expansion": "escala + -ón",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From escala + -ón.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "escalones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "escalón m (plural escalones)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "es‧ca‧lón"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "step (of a ladder, staircase)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "peldaño"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grade, rank (in a hierarchy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grade",
          "grade"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rango"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "step, stage"
      ],
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        [
          "step",
          "step"
        ],
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "etapa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "bajada"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/eskaˈlon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[es.kaˈlõn]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "escalón"
}