Physical and personality description vocabulary

1. LEVEL 3 FILE 1 B DESCRIBING PEOPLE
BODY TYPE
HEIGHT: tall – short
BUILD: contextura física
big – small – well-built: fornido – muscular: musculoso –
average build: contextura mediana – fat (potentially
offensive): gordo – obese – overweight, heavy: excedido de
peso – slim: esbelto - thin, lean: delgado - skinny: muy
delgado – lanky: desgarbado
FACE
FOREHEAD: wide – narrow – prominent
EYES
blue – brown – green – gray
round – almond eyes, slanted eyes: ojos rasgados
EYEBROWS cejas
bushy: pobladas (tipo Manolito) – sparse: ralas
NOSE
long – short – snub: respingada – hooked: de gancho –
hawkish: de halcón
LIPS
thin – full (carnosos)

2. HAIR
long – short – medium-length: de largo mediano – shoulder-
length: hasta los hombros – bald: pelado – receding
hair(line): con entradas – balding: losing one’s hair
straight: lacio – curly: enrulado – wavy: ondulado
black – brown – fair / blond: rubio – red – gray – white –
salt and pepper: entrecano
beard: barba – goatee: barba candado –
moustache/mustache: bigote – whiskers: patillas – stubble:
barba de pocos días
ORDER: long, straight, brown hair (notice the commas)
PERSONALITY
adventurous aventurero indecisive indeciso
impulsive impulsivo forceful enérgico
persistent insistente obstinate obstinado
inflexible inflexible jovial jovial
eloquent elocuente tactless indiscreto
superficial superficial disciplined disciplinado
cautious cauteloso miserly tacaño
hypersensitive hipersensible humanitarian humanitario
expansive comunicativo unpredictable impredecible
intolerant intolerante passionate apasionado
meticulous meticuloso vague impreciso
fussy quisquilloso outgoing extrovertido
sociable sociable enthusiastic entusiasta

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