esqueleto

esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)

1. skeleton

• citoesqueleto m
• dermatoesqueleto m
• esquelético
• exoesqueleto m

From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “dry, dry up, make dry, parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skele- "to parch, whither.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ke.ˈle.tʊ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨʃ.kɨ.ˈle.tu/
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧le‧to

esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)

1. (anatomy) skeleton (bones of an organism)
2. (fiction) skeleton (undead)
3. (figuratively, derogatory) a very thin person
4. frame; framework

• (bones of an organism): ossamenta, ossatura
• (thin person): cadáver, seco, anoréxico
• (frame): estrutura, armação

• (thin person): gordo, baleia, rolha de poço, hipopótamo, obeso

• (bones of an organism): endoesqueleto, exoesqueleto

• (bones of an organism): osso

• homem-esqueleto m
• citoesqueleto m
• dermatoesqueleto m
• esquelético
• exoesqueleto m

• esquelético
• skeleton

From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up”).

• IPA^(key): /eskeˈleto/, [eskeˈlet̪o]

esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)

1. (anatomy) skeleton
2. (structure) frame (structural elements of a constructed object)

• (skeleton): osamenta
• (frame): armazón

• hueso
• cartílago

• citoesqueleto
• dermatoesqueleto
• esquelético
• exoesqueleto

• “esqueleto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.