PHYSICAL APPEARANCE | |
Facial features Nose Eyes Eyebrows |
Mouth Hair Build General terms |
TRANSLATION | |
a thin face | |
an oval face | |
a round face | |
clean-shaven | sbarbato, rasato, senza barba né baffi |
a bloated face | faccia gonfia |
a cherubic face | |
a chubby/podgy face | faccia paffuta, grassottella |
chubby-cheeked | con guance paffute |
he had a weather-beaten face | rugosa, segnata (da esposizione a sole e vento) |
a face lift | |
she has freckles | lentiggini |
spots/pimples | |
blackheads | |
moles | |
warts | verruche |
wrinkles | |
rosy cheeks | |
acne | |
a birthmark | |
a double chin | doppio mento |
hollow cheeks | |
a dimple | fossetta |
smooth-cheeked/smooth-faced | |
a deadpan face/ a poker face | faccia impassibile |
a doleful face | faccia malinconica |
a sad face | |
a serious face | |
a smiling face | |
a happy face | |
smooth-cheeked/smooth-faced (adj.) | dalle guance lisce /dal volto liscio |
to go red in the face (with anger/heat) | |
to go red/to blush (with embarassment) | arrossire |
he looks worried | |
frightened | |
surprised | |
a smile | |
a smirk | sorriso furbetto |
a frown | cipiglio |
a bulbous nose | naso a patata, grosso |
a hooked nose | naso adunco |
a big nose | |
a turned-up/snub nose | naso all'insù |
a pointed nose | |
a flat nose/a pug nose | naso schiacciato/rincagnato |
a lopsided nose | naso asimmetrico, sghembo |
a hooter/conk
(colloquial Br. Eng.) a schnozzle (colloquial Am. Eng.) |
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to flare your nostrils/to snort |
she has brown eyes | |
hazel | nocciola |
he has beady eyes | |
a black eye | |
red eyes | |
bloodshot eyes | iniettati di sangue |
to wink | |
to blink | |
she is cross-eyed | |
a squint | sguardo furtivo |
squinty (adj.) | strabico |
she's blind | |
he's blind in one eye | |
to go blind | |
crow's feet | zampe di gallina |
sunken eyes | occhi incavati, infossati |
piggy eyes | |
bulging eyes | |
slit/slanting eyes | occhi allungati, a mandorla |
a stye | orzaiolo |
shifty eyes | |
arched eyebrows | |
bushy eyebrows | Sopracicglia folte, "a cespuglio" |
thick eyebrows | |
to raise your eyebrows | |
false eyelashes |
harelip | labbro leporino |
chapped lips | |
buckteeth | denti sporgenti |
false teeth | |
front teeth | |
wisdom teeth | |
to chatter (teeth) | |
my teeth are chattering |
she has blond hair | |
auburn | ramato, rossiccio |
she has grey hair | |
mousy hair | |
grizzled hair | capelli brizzolati |
grey-haired man | uomo con capelli brizzolati |
she's red-haired/red-headed | |
a brunette | |
streaks | mèches |
highlights | colpi di luce |
dyed hair | capelli tinti |
long hair | |
short hair | |
shoulder-length hair | mezza lunghezza (che arrivano alle spalle) |
curly hair | capelli ricci |
wavy hair | capelli ondulati |
frizzy hair | capelli crespi |
spiky hair | |
she has permed hair | |
crimped hair | capelli arricciati |
straight hair | capelli lisci |
a fringe | frangetta |
a parting | riga |
a pigtail | treccine (Br. English) |
a ponytail | coda di cavallo |
hair bunches | codini |
a bun | chignon |
lank hair | capelli dritti e piatti (piuttosto negativo) |
dull | |
greasy hair | |
fine | |
she has thick hair | |
dry | secco |
shiny hair | |
split ends | |
dandruff | forfora |
a pageboy | |
a bob | caschetto |
a hairdo | acconciatura |
a crew cut | acapelli a spazzola |
sideburns | basette |
a wig | parrucca |
a toupée | |
bald | calvo |
a bald patch | |
he's balding |
thin | |
she’s got a very good figure | |
plump (a nicer way of saying fat) | |
slim | |
fat | |
a beer belly | |
chubby | |
strong | |
weak | |
short | |
tall | |
a hunchback | gobba |
he walks with a limp | |
medium height | |
medium build | |
he's a large man |
handsome, good-looking, attractive | |
pretty, good-looking, attractive, lovely | |
he’s quite a hunk | un fusto, un pezzo d'uomo |
ugly | |
beautiful |