Masculine

esqueleto

Meaning

Concepts

(masculine) skeleton (bones of an organism)
(masculine) skeleton (undead)
(derogatory, figuratively, masculine) a very thin person
(masculine) frame; framework

Opposite of

gordo, baleia, rolha de poço, hipopótamo, obeso

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/is.keˈle.tu/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek

σκελετός

In summary

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”).