Appearance

I am / You are / He is / She is tall small overweight, fat slim young old years old. beautiful / pretty (Mdchen / Frau), handsome (Junge / Mann) sun-tanned pale I have / You have / He has / She has (got) blue / green / grey / brown eyes freckles a beard a full beard a moustache a goatee a stubbly beard blond hair red hair brown hair black hair dyed hair blond highlights short hair long hair straight hair curly hair / curls a bald head a square / round / triangular / oval face

a big / small / long nose big / small ears

Clothing and Accessories

I wear / You wear / He wears / She wears glasses contact lenses I am wearing / You are wearing / He/She is wearing earrings a necklace a wristband a bracelet a cap a red scarf a tie

Character
I am / You are / He is / She is shy quiet lively active easygoing outgoing nice friendly funny happy annoying sad aggressive a pain in the neck a little chatter box

face = la cara/el rostro facial features she has a thin face an oval face a round face rasgos tiene la/una cara delgada una cara ovalada una cara redonda

clean-shaven a bloated face a cherubic face a chubby face chubby-cheeked a chubby/podgy face he had a weather-beaten face a face lift she has freckles spots/pimples blackheads moles warts wrinkles rosy cheeks acne a birthmark a double chin hollow cheeks a dimple smooth-cheeked/smooth-faced a deadpan face a doleful face a sad face a serious face a smiling face a happy face smooth-cheeked/smooth-faced to go red in the face (with anger/heat)

bien afeitado una cara hinchada/abotagada/abotargada una cara angelical una cara regordete mofletudo una cara rechoncha, regordete, gordinflona tena un rostro curtido un lifting, un estiramiento facial tiene pecas, es pecosa granos espinillas lunares verrugas arugas mejillas sonrosadas acne un antojo/una mancha de nacimiento una papada las mejillas hundidas un hoyuelo lampio una cara de pquer/de palo una cara compungida una cara triste una cara seria una cara sonriente una cara alegre lampio ponerse colorado/rojo

to go red/to blush (with embarassment)

sonrojarse/ruborizarse

he looks worried frightened surprised a smile a smirk a frown

parece preocupado asustado sorprendido una sonrisa una sonrisita el ceo fruncido nose = la nariz

a bulbous nose a hooked nose a big nose a turned-up/snub nose a pointed nose a flat nose/a pug nose a lopsided nose a hooter/conk (colloquial Br. Eng.) a schnozzle (colloquial Am. Eng.) to flare your nostrils/to snort

una nariz protuberante una nariz aguilea una nariz grande una nariz respingona una nariz puntiaguda una nariz chata una nariz ladeada/torcida una napia

resoplar/bufar

eyes = los ojos she has brown eyes tiene los ojos marrones

hazel

color avellana

he has beady eyes

tiene los ojos redondos y brillantes como cuentas un ojo morado ojos rojizos ojos sanguinolentos/injectados de sangre guiar el ojo pestaear/parpadear es bizca una bizquera, un estrabismo es ciega es tuerto quedarse ciego patas de gallo ojos hundidos ojitos redondos y brillantes ojos saltones

a black eye red eyes bloodshot eyes to wink to blink she is cross-eyed a squint she's blind he's blind in one eye to go blind crow's feet sunken eyes piggy eyes bulging eyes

slit/slanting eyes a stye shifty eyes

ojos achinados un orzuelo ojos furtivos eyebrows = las cejas

arched eyebrows

cejas arqueadas

bushy eyebrows thick eyebrows to raise your eyebrows

cejas tupidas cejas pobladas arquear las cejas eyelashes = las pestaas

false eyelashes

pestaas postizas mouth

harelip chapped lips buckteeth false teeth front teeth wisdom teeth to chatter (teeth) my teeth are chattering

labio leporino labios agrietados dientes de conejo/dientes salidos dentadura postiza paletas/dientes de adelante muelas del juicio castaetear me castaetean los dientes

hair = el pelo/cabello she has blond hair auburn she has grey hair mousy hair she's red-haired/red-headed a brunette streaks highlights dyed hair long hair short hair shoulder-length hair curly hair wavy hair frizzy hair spiky hair tiene el pelo rubio castao rojizo es canosa, tiene el pelo canoso, tiene canas el pelo castao desvado es pelirrojo una morena mechones mechitas/reflejos/claritos el pelo teido el pelo largo el pelo corto el pelo hasta los hombros el pelo rizado el pelo ondulado el pelo crespo el pelo de punta

she has permed hair crimped hair straight hair a fringe a parting a pigtail a ponytail bunches a bun lank hair dull greasy hair fine she has thick hair dry shiny hair split ends dandruff a pageboy a bob a hairdo a crew cut sideburns a wig a toupe bald a bald patch he's balding

se ha hecho un permanente pelo rizado con tenacillas el pelo liso un flequillo una raya una trenza una cola coletas un moo el pelo lacio sin brillo el pelo graso/grasoso fino tiene mucho pelo/tiene el pelo grueso seco el pelo brillante las puntas abiertas la caspa un peinado/corte a lo paje una melena un peinado un pelo cortado al rape patillas una peluca un peluqun, un tup calvo una calva/una pelada se est quedando calvo build = complexin

thin shes got a very good figure plump (a nicer way of saying fat) slim fat a beer belly

delgado tiene una figura estupenda gordito esbelto gordo una panza

chubby

regordete/gordinfln/rellenito

strong weak short tall a hunchback he walks with a limp medium height medium build he's a large man

fuerte flojo bajo alto un jorobado cojea de estatura media de talla media es un hombre corpulento

General Terms handsome, good-looking, attractive pretty, good-looking, attractive, lovely hes quite a hunk ugly beautiful guapo guapa, bonita, linda, est buensimo fea/feo preciosa, guapsima, lindsima, hermosa, bella Other notes 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: He looks sad Note that when we say how something "seems" or "looks" (probably because we are not certain) we use parecer. a strong- looking man tiene pinta de delincuente: he looks like a criminal tiene pinta de extranjero he looks a bit foreign parece triste

un hombre de apariencia fuerte

clean-shaven

bien afeitado