esqueleto

Portuguese

esqueleto

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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/

• (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/

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: es‧que‧le‧to

Noun

esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)

1. (anatomy) skeleton (bones of an organism)

   Synonyms: ossamenta, ossatura

2. (fiction) skeleton (undead)
3. (figuratively, derogatory) a very thin person

   Synonyms: chupado, cadáver, seco, anoréxico

   Antonyms: gordo, baleia, rolha de poço, hipopótamo, obeso

4. 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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskeˈleto/ [es.keˈle.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: es‧que‧le‧to

Noun

esqueleto m (plural esqueletos)

1. (anatomy) skeleton

   Synonyms: osamenta, (obsolete) osambre

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

   Synonym: armazón

Meronyms

• hueso
• cartílago

Derived terms

• citoesqueleto
• dermatoesqueleto
• esquelético
• exoesqueleto
• mover el esqueleto

 

Further reading

• “esqueleto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28