escuela

From Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”, later “conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈkwela/ [esˈkwe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧cue‧la

escuela f (plural escueles)

1. school

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “escuela”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “escuela”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

From Spanish escuela.

escuela

1. school

• colegio

Borrowed from Spanish escuela.

escuela

1. school

Inherited from Latin schola.

escuela f (plural escuelas)

1. school

• “escuela”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /esˈkwela/ [esˈkwe.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: es‧cue‧la

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”, later “conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”).

escuela f (plural escuelas)

1. school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
   • 2021 July 19, Naomi Thomas, “La Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría recomienda el uso universal de mascarillas en las escuelas para todos los mayores de 2 años”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Una de las principales intervenciones propuestas por la AAP incluye que todos los estudiantes mayores de 2 años y todo el personal de la escuela deben usar mascarillas en la escuela a menos que tengan una condición médica o de desarrollo que lo prohíba.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. school (the followers of a particular doctrine)
3. (climbing) crag

• In Spain, escuela typically refers to primary school, or an institution that teaches trades or arts (e.g. escuela de arte ("art school")) and not secondary or higher education.

• → Cebuano: eskuwela, eskuyla, eskwela
• → Ilocano: eskuela
• → Purepecha: eskuela
• → Tagalog: eskuwela

escuela

1. inflection of escolar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “escuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• secuela