esqueleto
Galician
Noun
esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)
- skeleton
Derived terms
- citoesqueleto m
- dermatoesqueleto m
- esquelético
- exoesqueleto m
Portuguese
esqueleto
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, to dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skele- (“to parch, to wither”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.keˈle.tu/, /es.keˈle.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.keˈle.tu/, /eʃ.keˈle.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.keˈle.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɨˈle.tu/
- Hyphenation: es‧que‧le‧to
Noun
esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)
- (anatomy) skeleton (bones of an organism)
- Synonyms: ossamenta, ossatura
- (fiction) skeleton (undead)
- (figuratively, derogatory) a very thin person
- Synonyms: cadáver, seco, anoréxico
- Antonyms: gordo, baleia, rolha de poço, hipopótamo, obeso
- frame; framework
- Synonyms: estrutura, armação
Hyponyms
- (bones of an organism): endoesqueleto, exoesqueleto
Meronyms
- (bones of an organism): osso
Derived terms
- homem-esqueleto m
- citoesqueleto m
- dermatoesqueleto m
- esquelético
- exoesqueleto m
Related terms
- esquelético
- skeleton
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskeˈleto/ [es.keˈle.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: es‧que‧le‧to
Noun
esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)
- (anatomy) skeleton
- Synonym: osamenta
- (structure) frame (structural elements of a constructed object)
- Synonym: armazón
Meronyms
- hueso
- cartílago
Derived terms
- citoesqueleto
- dermatoesqueleto
- esquelético
- exoesqueleto
Further reading
- “esqueleto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014