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This is an extended vocabulary about your physical appearance. It´s going to be very useful for you to describe yourself or somebody.
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face
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facial features
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rasgos
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she has a thin face
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tiene la /
una cara delgada
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an oval
face
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una cara
ovalada
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a round
face
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una cara
redonda
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clean-shaven
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bien
afeitado
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a bloated
face
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una cara
hinchada / abotagada / abotargada
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a cherubic
face
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una cara
angelical
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a chubby
face
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una cara
regordete
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chubby-cheeked
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mofletudo
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a
chubby / podgy face
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una cara
rechoncha, regordete, gordinflona
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he had a weather-beaten face
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tenía un
rostro curtido
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a face
lift
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un
lifting, un estiramiento facial
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she has
freckles
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tiene
pecas, es pecosa
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spots/pimples
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granos
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blackheads
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espinillas
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moles
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lunares
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warts
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verrugas
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wrinkles
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arugas
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rosy
cheeks
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mejillas
sonrosadas
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acne
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acne
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a
birthmark
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un antojo -- una mancha de nacimiento
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a double
chin
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una papada
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hollow
cheeks
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las
mejillas hundidas
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a dimple
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un hoyuelo
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smooth-cheeked
/ smooth-faced
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lampiño
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a deadpan
face
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una cara
de póquer / de palo
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a doleful
face
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una cara
compungida
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a sad face
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una cara
triste
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a serious
face
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una cara
seria
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a smiling
face
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una cara
sonriente
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a happy
face
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una cara
alegre
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to go red in the face (with anger / heat)
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ponerse
colorado / rojo
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to go red/to blush (with embarrassment)
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Sonrojarse / ruborizarse
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he looks
worried
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parece
preocupado
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frightened
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asustado
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surprised
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sorprendido
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a smile
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una
sonrisa
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a smirk
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una
sonrisita
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a frown
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el ceño
fruncido
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nose
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a bulbous
nose
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una nariz
protuberante
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a hooked
nose
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una nariz
aguileña
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a big nose
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una nariz
grande
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a turned-up / snub nose
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una nariz
respingona
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a pointed
nose
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una nariz
puntiaguda
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a flat nose / a pug nose
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una nariz
chata
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a lopsided
nose
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una nariz
ladeada/torcida
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a hooter / conk (colloquial Br. Eng.)
a schnozzle (colloquial Am. Eng.) |
una napia
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to flare your nostrils / to snort
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resoplar / bufar
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eyes
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she has
brown eyes
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tiene los
ojos marrones
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hazel
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color
avellana
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he has
beady eyes
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tiene los
ojos redondos y brillantes como cuentas
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a black
eye
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un ojo
morado
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red eyes
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ojos
rojizos
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bloodshot
eyes
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ojos
sanguinolentos / inyectados de sangre
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to wink
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guiñar el
ojo
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to blink
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pestañear / parpadear
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she is
cross-eyed
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es bizca
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a squint
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una
bizquera, un estrabismo
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she's
blind
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es ciega
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he's blind in one eye
|
es tuerto
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to go
blind
|
quedarse
ciego
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crow's
feet
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patas de
gallo
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sunken
eyes
|
ojos
hundidos
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piggy eyes
|
ojitos redondos
y brillantes
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bulging
eyes
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ojos
saltones
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slit / slanting
eyes
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ojos
achinados
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a stye
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un orzuelo
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shifty
eyes
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ojos
furtivos
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eyebrows
=>> las cejas
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arched
eyebrows
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cejas
arqueadas
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bushy
eyebrows
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cejas
tupidas
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thick
eyebrows
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cejas
pobladas
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to raise
your eyebrows
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arquear
las cejas
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eyelashes
=>> las pestañas
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false
eyelashes
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pestañas
postizas
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mouth
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harelip
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labio
leporino
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chapped
lips
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labios
agrietados
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buckteeth
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dientes de
conejo/dientes salidos
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false
teeth
|
dentadura
postiza
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front teeth
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paletas / dientes
de adelante
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wisdom
teeth
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muelas del
juicio
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to chatter
(teeth)
|
castañetear
|
my teeth
are chattering
|
me
castañetean los dientes
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hair
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|
she has got blond hair
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tiene el
pelo rubio
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auburn
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castaño
rojizo
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she has got grey hair
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es canosa,
tiene el pelo canoso, tiene canas
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mousy hair
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el pelo
castaño desvaído
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she's red-haired / red-headed
|
es
pelirrojo
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a brunette
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una morena
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streaks
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mechones
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highlights
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Mechitas / reflejos / claritos
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dyed hair
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el pelo
teñido
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long hair
|
el pelo
largo
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short hair
|
el pelo
corto
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shoulder-length
hair
|
el pelo
hasta los hombros
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curly hair
|
el pelo
rizado
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wavy hair
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el pelo
ondulado
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frizzy
hair
|
el pelo
crespo
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spiky hair
|
el pelo de
punta
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she has got permed hair
|
se ha
hecho un permanente
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crimped
hair
|
pelo
rizado con tenacillas
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straight
hair
|
el pelo
liso
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a fringe
|
un
flequillo
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a parting
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una raya
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a pigtail
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una trenza
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a ponytail
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una cola
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bunches
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coletas
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a bun
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un moño
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lank hair
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el pelo
lacio
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dull
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sin brillo
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greasy
hair
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el pelo graso/grasoso
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fine
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fino
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she has got thick hair
|
tiene
mucho pelo/tiene el pelo grueso
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dry
|
seco
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shiny hair
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el pelo
brillante
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split ends
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las puntas
abiertas
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dandruff
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la caspa
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a pageboy
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un peinado / corte
a lo paje
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a bob
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una melena
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a hairdo
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un peinado
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a crew cut
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un pelo
cortado al rape
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sideburns
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patillas
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a wig
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una peluca
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a toupée
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un
peluquín, un tupé
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bald
|
calvo
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a bald
patch
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una calva / una
pelada
|
he's
balding
|
se está
quedando calvo
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build =>>
complexión
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thin
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delgado
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she’s got a very good figure
|
tiene una
figura estupenda
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plump (a nicer way of saying fat)
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gordito
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slim
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esbelto
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fat
|
gordo
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a beer
belly
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una panza
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chubby
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regordete / gordinflón / rellenito
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strong
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fuerte
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weak
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flojo
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short
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bajo
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tall
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alto
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a hunchback
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un
jorobado
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he walks with a limp
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cojea
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medium
height
|
de
estatura media
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medium
build
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de talla
media
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he's a
large man
|
es un
hombre corpulento
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General
Terms
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handsome,
good-looking, attractive
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guapo
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pretty, good-looking,
attractive, lovely
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guapa,
bonita, linda,
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he’s quite
a hunk
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está
buenísimo
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ugly
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fea / feo
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beautiful
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preciosa,
guapísima, lindísima, hermosa, bella
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Other
notes
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He looks a bit ______
In Spanish "tiene pinta de ____" is
very common for giving a general idea about the appearance. See examples on the right:
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tiene
pinta de delincuente:
he looks like a criminal tiene pinta de extranjero he looks a bit foreign |
He looks sad
Note that when we say how something
"seems" or "looks" (probably because we are not certain)
we use “parecer”.
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parece
triste
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a strong-
looking man
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un hombre
de apariencia fuerte
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clean-shaven
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bien
afeitado
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Now, click on the links below to do
some exercises to reinforce some adjectives.
SORT ADJECTIVES IN CATEGORIES
USING ADJECTIVES IN A READING COMPOSITION
some exercises to reinforce some adjectives.
SORT ADJECTIVES IN CATEGORIES
USING ADJECTIVES IN A READING COMPOSITION
