esquelético

adj.

1 skeletal, raw-boned, rawboned, emaciated.

2 skeletal, of the skeleton.

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esquelético

► adjetivo

1 (del esqueleto) skeletal

■ estructura esquelética bone structure

2 familiar (delgado) skinny, bony

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar esquelético,-a familiar to be skin and bones

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ADJ skeletal, skinny *

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-ca adjetivo skeletal

estaba verdaderamente esquelético — he was an absolute skeleton

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-ca adjetivo skeletal

estaba verdaderamente esquelético — he was an absolute skeleton

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esquelético¹

¹ = skeletal.

Ex: The abstractor wants to construct a miniature surrogate of the document, written in his or her own words, a skeletal representation of the document.

* músculo esquelético = skeletal muscle.

esquelético²

² = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.

Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

Ex: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

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esquelético -ca

adjective

skeletal

estaba verdaderamente esquelético he was an absolute skeleton o he was terribly thin o he was positively skeletal

¡no sigas adelgazando que estás esquelético! (fam); don't go losing any more weight, you're all skin and bone now (colloq)

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esquelético,-a adjetivo
1 Anat skeletal
2 fam (muy delgado) skinny
'esquelético' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esquelética
English:
scrawny

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esquelético, -a adj

1. Anat skeletal

2. Fam [muy delgado] skinny;

estar esquelético to be extremely o painfully thin

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esquelético

adj skeletal

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esquelético, -ca adj

: emaciated, skeletal