In the previous lesson, we covered personality adjectives to describe a person in Spanish. We also discussed how to talk about someone’s personality. In this lesson, we will learn how to describe the physical appearance of a person in Spanish.
How to describe a person's physical appearance in Spanish?
If you are asking about a person's appearance, you could hear anything as an answer. A person may be fat, skinny, short or tall, etc. Here we will show you how to describe all of these qualities.
Hair (el pelo/cabello)
- pelo corto - short hair
- pelo largo - long hair
- medio largo - medium-length hair
- pelo lacio - straight hair
- pelo ondulado - wavy hair
- pelo rizado - curly hair
- pelo castaño - brown hair
- pelo oscuro - dark hair
- pelo rubio - blonde hair
Ser and tener are used to describe a person's physical appearance in Spanish.
For examples:
Elisa tiene pelo largo - Elisa has long hair
Itzel tiene pelo rizado - Itzel has curly hair
Eyes (los ojos) and skin color
- ojos marrones - brown eyes
- ojos verdes - green eyes
- ojos azules - blue eyes
- ojos azul-grises - blue-grey eyes
- piel morena - dark-skinned
- piel blanca - fair-skinned
- piel pálida - pale skinned
See: Colors in Spanish
For examples:
Él tiene ojos azules - He has blue eyes
Él tiene piel blanca - He is fair-skinned
Face - la cara/el rostro
- an oval face - una cara ovalada
- a round face - una cara redonda
- a chubby face - una cara regordete
- rosy cheeks - mejillas sonrosadas
- a sad face - una cara triste
- a happy face - una cara alegre
Height and weight
- baja - short
- alto - tall
- delgada - thin
- gordo - fat
- slim - esbelto
- medium height - de estatura media
- chubby - regordete/gordinflón/rellenito
For example:
Él es alto - He is tall
Other features
- una boca ancha - a wide mouth
- una boca pequeña - a narrow mouth
- hoyuelos - dimples
- un lunar - a mole
- pecas - freckles
- labios carnosos - thick lips
- cejas pobladas - bushy eyebrows
- orejas grandes - big ears
- una cicatriz - a scar
- una frente despejada - a high forehead
- nariz grande - big nose
- nariz respingona - upturned nose
- curva de la felicidad - beer belly
- clean-shaven - bien afeitado
See: Human body parts in Spanish
For examples:
Él tiene la curva de la felicidad - He has a beer belly
Ella tiene la nariz grande - She has a big nose
Él tiene una boca pequeña - He has a narrow mouth
Él tiene pecas - He has freckles
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