Physical description: schemi di sintesi

Describing People
Sex
Age
Face
boy, girl, man,
woman, male,
female
baby, child, young,
adult, young adult,
senior citizen, middleaged, teenager, old,
elderly, in his/her 20s30s-40s
round, oval, square, plump,
pale, sun-tanned, with
scars, wrinkles, freckles,
pimples, moles – a
moustache, beard, a
goaty, dimples
Height
Weight / Build
Eyes
( very, not
very, quite,
rather )
tall, tallish,
short, shortish,
medium height,
average
height
( very, not very, quite,
rather )
heavy, thin, average
build, well-built,
medium-built, slim, frail,
stocky, plump, fat,
skinny, big, small
(very, not very, too, not
too…)
COLOUR: black, brown,
blue, green, gray, hazel
TYPE: big round blue eyes,
large, small, bright, narrow
squint, crossed, lively, dull,
watery
Hair
COLOUR: black,
brown, blond, red,
gray, white
TYPE: long, shot, curly,
straight, spiky, frizzy,
thin, wavy, thick, bald,
balding – pony-tail,
pig-tail, fringe
Mouth
Nose
Other features
small,
large,
wide,
thin,
full
big, small,
long, almondshaped, snub,
aquiline,
squint,
straight,
turned-up
CHIN, CHEEKS,
EARS,
EYEBROWS,
NECK, TEETH,
ARMS,
HANDS, LEGS,
FEET …
General impression  casual, scruffy, shabby, smart, tidy, messy…
Glossario:
INGLESE
Bald
Balding
Beard
Dimple
Dull
Frail
Freckles
Fringe
Frizzy
Goaty
Hazel
Heavy
In his / her 20s
-ish
Messy
Mole
Moustache (sing)
Pig-tail
Pimple
Pony-tail
Scar
Scruffy
Shabby
Shortish
Skinny
Smart
Snub nose
Spiky
Squint nose
Squint-eyed
stocky
Sun-tanned
Thick
Tidy
Wavy
wide
Wrinkle
ITALIANO
Pelato
Che perde i capelli
Barba
Fossetta
Spento, scialbo
Fragile
Lentiggini
Frangia
Crespo
Pizzetto (tipo di barba)
Nocciola
Pesante
Sulla ventina
In fondo alla parola significa “piuttosto”
Disordinato
Neo
Baffi
treccia
Foruncolo
Coda di cavallo
Cicatrice
Trasandato (del tipo “non mi sono pettinato!”)
Trasandato, malandato (del tipo “vecchie cose”)
Piuttosto basso
Magrissimo
Elegante, alla moda
Naso schiacciato
Appuntito (per i capelli: dritti in su / sparati)
Naso storto
Con gli occhi stretti e allungati / strizzati
Tarchiato
Abbronzato
Spesso
Ordinato
Ondulato
ampio
Ruga
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