esqueleto
Portuguese, noun/is.keˈle.tu/
esqueleto is spelled E-S-Q-U-E-L-E-T-O (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esqueleto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “skeleton (bones of an organism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto dos ossos de um organismo”.
What does esqueleto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskeleton (bones of an organism)
- 2
masculineskeleton (undead)
- 3
derogatorymasculinea very thin person
- 4
masculineframe; framework
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto dos ossos de um organismo 2. conjunto dos ossos descarnados de um ser morto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esqueleto
- esqueletos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esqueleto?
- Brazil /is.keˈle.tu/
- Brazil /es.keˈle.tu/
- /iʃ.keˈle.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esqueleto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esqueleto in Portuguese?
esqueleto appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).