DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Appearance and Personality

NOUNS

height altura

weight peso

ADJECTIVES

adventurous intrpido/a, de espritu aventurero

ambitious ambicioso/a

arrogant arrogante

attractive atractivo/a

average normal (de trmino medio)

beautiful guapa

bighead engredo, pretencioso, chulo

blond(e) rubio/a

boring aburrido/a

calm calmado/a, tranquilo/a

chatty hablador/a

cheerful alegre

cold fro/a

confident seguro

curly rizado

dark oscuro

dishonest deshonesto

easy-going tolerante, relajado/a

elegant elegante

enthusiastic entusiasta

fair rubio

fat gordo/a

flexible flexible

friendly simptico/a, agradable, cordial

funny divertido/a, gracioso/a

generous generoso/a

good-looking atractivo/a, guapo/a

gorgeous precioso/a, guapsimo/a

happy feliz, contento/a

handsome guapo

hard-working muy trabajador

heavy pesado/a

honest honesto/a, honrado/a

impatient impaciente

independent independiente

interesting interesante

kind amable

lazy perezoso/a, vago/a

light brown castao claro

long largo/a

mean tacao/a

middle-aged de mediana edad

moody malhumorado/a, caprichoso/a

nice amable, simptico/a, majo/a

obese obeso/a

old viejo/a, anciano/a

optimistic optimista

ordinary-looking ni guapo/a ni feo/a

outgoing extrovertido/a

patient paciente

petite pequeo/a

pessimistic pesimista

pleasant agradable, amable

plump rollizo/a, relleno/a

polite amable, educado/a

pretty bonita, guapa (often a girl)

punctual puntual

quiet callado/a, tranquilo/a

relaxed relajado/a

reliable fiable, de fiar

reserved reservado

self-confident seguro de s mismo

selfish egoista

sensible sensato/a, prudente

sensitive sensible, susceptible

short bajo/a

shoulder-length hasta el hombro

shy tmido/a, vergonzoso/a

slim delgado/a, esbelto/a

spiky de punta (pelo)

stocky bajo/a y fornido/a

straight liso, lacio (pelo)

stout fornido/a

stubborn terco/a, testarudo/a, tozudo/a

stupid estpido

successful prspero/a, exitoso/a

tall alto/a

teenager adolescente

thin delgado/a

ugly feo/a

unfriendly antiptico

unkind poco amable

well-built fornido/a, de constitucin fuerte

young joven

EXPRESSIONS

overall appearance apariencia en general

QUESTIONS

To ask about peoples physical appearance we say:

WHAT + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + LOOK LIKE?

What do you look like?

What does he look like?

What does she look like?

What do they look like?

To ask about peoples character we say:

WHAT + BE + SUBJECT + LIKE?

What are you like?

What is he like?

What is she like?

What are they like?

To ask about peoples height we say:

How tall are you? Cunto mides?

How tall is he?

How tall is she?

How tall are they?

To ask about peoples weight we say:

How much do you weigh? Cunto pesas?

How much does he weigh?

How much does she weigh?

How much do they weigh?

To ask about peoples age we say:

How old are you? Cuntos aos tienes? / Qu edad tienes?

How old is he?

How old is she?

How old are they?