esqueleto
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Anatomía) skeleton
menear mover el esqueletoo (familiar) to strut one's stuff; (familiar) dance
tumbar el esqueleto (familiar) to hit the hay; (familiar) hit the sack; (familiar) go to bed
esqueleto
∗esqueleto
masculine noun
1skeleton (de persona)
- menear o mover el esqueleto (informal) -> to boogie (on down)
- estar como un esqueleto -> to be skin and bone
2framework (armazón); outline (de novela, argumento)
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esqueleto [es-kay-lay’-to]
noun
1Skeleton, the bones of the body preserved in their natural situation. (m)
2Person very thin and meager. (m)
3Watch, the works and movements of which are exposed to view. (m)
4Carcass or framework of a ship without cover or sheathing. (Nautical) (m)
- En esqueleto -> unfinished, in an incomplete manner
- Menear el esqueleto -> to shake a hoof
- Estar hecho un esqueleto -> to be like a skeleton
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