The document lists various words to describe physical appearance including: 1. Height, build, weight, age, hair (color, length, style), face (shape, features), complexion (skin, eyes). 2. Descriptors for general appearance such as beautiful, handsome, attractive, scruffy, elegant. 3. Additional features like glasses, jewelry, headwear. The document provides a range of terms to concisely describe someone's physical traits and overall look.

1. Words that describe physical appearance
Height short, average height, tall, about 160 cm tall, thin, medium height, giant,
tiny (diminuto)
Build small, average build, slightly fat, chubby (regordete), bony
(huesudo/a) skinny(+ esbelto)=slim and slender (++ esbelto), overweight,
muscular = well-built
a rather plump (slightly fat –regordete) or stout (rather fat – robusto,
corpulento) man
an obese couple
broad (ancho) and solid (= strong à robusto) = stocky (bajo y fornido)
Build = the shape and size of the human body
Weight = how heavy someone or something is
Age around 25, in his 30s, in her 50s, in his mid-thirties(34-36), in her late 60s
(67-69), in his early 70s (71-73)
Hair short, long, medium length / shoulder length
straight, wavy, curly, a ponytail (cola de caballo), long
sideburns/sideboards (patillas), bald, plaits/braids (trenzas), pigtails(2
coletas), bun (moño), fringe (flequillo), spiky hair, dreadlocks
(rastas),ringlet, twister/bent (tirabuzón), frizzy (encrespado), quiff (tupé),
tuft (mechón), pageboy, , layered hair (capeado), shaved hair (afeitado),
streaked hair (con mechas o reflejos)
white, grey, blond, light/dark brown, red, black,
white, fair (pale in colour), ginger-haired/red-haired, auburn(caoba)
a crew-cut (pelo cortado al rape), (he has) receding hair (entradas)he has
a receding hairline, split ends (puntas abiertas), permed –hair (con
permanente),
Face Square, round, plain, wide, narrow, heart shape face, oval,
Thin-faced, round-faced, a chubby face, pasty-faced (cara pálida), fresh-
faced (cara joven),
A beard (barba), moustache (bigote), goatee (perilla)
She is thin-faced (adjective)
She has got a thin face (adjective+noun)
Plain face = (especially of a woman) not beautiful or attractive

2. Complexion
SKIN
Light, white, olive-skinned, dark-skinned, tanned (bronceado)
Freckles (pecas), wrinkles (arrugas), crow’s feet (patas de gallo), mole
(lunar cuerpo), scar (cicatriz), wart (verruga), beauty spot(lunar cara),
pimple (espinilla)
Complexion= the natural colour and condition of the skin on a person’s face.
Eyes Green/light green, blue, brown, black, nut
beautiful, big, narrow, bulging (saltones), almonds(almendrados)
General Beautiful, pretty (woman), handsome (man), sexy, cute, good looking,
not very good looking, attractive,
smart ( clean, tidy and rather formal) and elegant (attractive and
designed well), always well-dressed
scruffy (badly dressed in clothes that have been worn a lot - desaliñado)
and untidy-looking / messy-looking
rather unattractive
Other Wears glasses, contact lens, sunglasses, band, strip (lazo, cinta del
pelo), hairclip (pasador,totó), hairpin (horquilla
moño) headband/hairband(diadema), cap, hat, picture hat (pamela),
headscarf (pañuelo para la cabeza), rubber band (gomas del pelo),
hairnet (redecilla), hairpiece (postizo)