PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Facial features
Nose
Eyes
Eyebrows
Mouth
Hair
Build
General terms

FACIAL FEATURES

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
NOSE
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.)
 
to flare your nostrils/to snort  
EYES
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  
EYEBROWS
arched eyebrows  
bushy eyebrows Sopracicglia folte, "a cespuglio"
thick eyebrows  
to raise your eyebrows  
EYELASHES
false eyelashes  
MOUTH
harelip labbro leporino
chapped lips  
buckteeth denti sporgenti
false teeth  
front teeth  
wisdom teeth  
to chatter (teeth)  
my teeth are chattering  
 
HAIR
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  
BUILD
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  
 
GENERAL TERMS
handsome, good-looking, attractive  
pretty, good-looking, attractive, lovely  
he’s quite a hunk un fusto, un pezzo d'uomo
ugly  
beautiful