Descripción de Apariencia y Personalidad en Español

Clase 12 de 23 • Curso Intermedio de Vocabulario y Expresiones en Inglés

Resumen

Es momento de hablar de las personas y de la sociedad con vocabulario apropiado para describir apariencia y personalidad de la gente.

Describiendo Apariencia

Alto o bajo, con exceso de peso o delgado. Comencemos hablando sobre la apariencia física de una persona.

NOTA: El propósito de este artículo es meramente educativo. Evita hablar sobre la apariencia física de las personas.

Height and build	Altura y constitución física
Tall	Alto
Short	Bajo
Medium height	Mediana altura
Slim	Delgado
Overweight	Exceso de peso

Hair and face	Cabello y rostro
Short hair	Pelo corto
Medium-length hair	Pelo medio largo
Long hair	Pelo largo
Bald	Calvo
Brown and ginger hair	Cabello castaño y pelirrojo
Black and blond hair	Cabello negro y rubio
Curly hair	Pelo rizado
Straight hair	Pelo lacio
Ponytail / Braid	Cola de caballo / Trenza
Well-defined facial features	Rasgos faciales bien definidos
Chiseled features	Características cinceladas
Wrinkles	Arrugas
Dimples	Hoyuelos
Freckles	Pecas
Round face	Cara redonda
Thin face	Cara delgada
Long face	Cara larga

Veamos algunos ejemplos utilizando este vocabulario:

Ana has blond hair, she is tall and slim, and has freckles on her face.
The three brothers have black hair. One of them is overweight and short, and the other two are slim and tall.

Describiendo Personalidad

Ya hemos visto la descripción física de una persona, es momento de hablar sobre su personalidad y carácter.

Positive traits	Rasgos positivos
Caring	Cariñoso
Kind	Amable
Funny / Hilarious	Divertido / Gracioso
Reliable / Trustworthy	Seguro / Confiable
Honest	Honesto
Optimistic	Optimista
Positive	Positivo
Respectful	Respetuoso

Negative traits	Rasgos negativos
Unkind	Poco amable
Dishonest	Deshonesto
Self-centered	Egocéntrico
Dull	Aburrido
Moody	Malhumorado
Insincere	Insincero

Veamos algunos ejemplos describiendo personalidad:

Peter is an optimistic boss, always he talks in an honest way with his employees and is respectful to other people.
Jim is always moody, when he comes back from his job later, he is unkind and self-centered. He doesn’t care about how others feel.

Ahora te toca a ti, utiliza este nuevo vocabulario para describirte a ti mismo tanto en el aspecto físico como tu personalidad.

Contribución creada por: Kevin Fiorentino.

Santiago Tellez Hernandez

student•

Pick your favorite picture.
Describe your appearance. I'm a tall and thin person, with short black hair. My face is thin.
Describe your positive and negative traits. My positive traits are that I care about others, I'm kind, honest, and sometimes hilarious. But the negative trait that I have is that sometimes I'm moody.

Bramucci Candela

student•

Nice picture Iván! You seem like a nice person :)

Julián Cárdenas

student•

Good exercise dude, thanks for the contribution!

Obdaly Garay

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I have long black straight hair, my face is round, and I am so short (5'0) I like to be optimistic and funny but when something upsets me I can be moody and self-centered.

Bramucci Candela

student•

Describing myself.

Talking about myself..

Pick your favorite picture.
Describe your appearance.

I am tall and slim, with short black hair. I think I have a round face. My skin tone is medium tan. Sadly, I don't have freckles nor dimples. I like myself, It's a thing that I work on everyday.

Describe your positive and negative traits. I'm curious, and I consider myself reliable and respectful. Sometimes I am moody and I ain't the most optimistic person, but I am working on that.

Jeimy Sanabria

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I´m short. I have long straight brown hair.I have long face.I´m slim. I´m kind,funny,loyal and respectful, on the other hand I am stubborn, sometimes lazy. And this is me...

Bramucci Candela

student•

New vocabulary:

braid: trenza
chiseled features: "If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure"
wrinkles: arrugas
freckles: pecas
dull (of a person): aburrido
moody: malhumorado
insincere: no sincero

Felipe Bernardo González Barranco

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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Julián Cárdenas

student•

Well continious with the exercise this is my contribution.

I'm Julián and i'm a tall persone 180 cm. also i like a lot do exercise therefore i have a good body. My face is rounded and square, with short and black hair.

My personality is peaciful, analityc and optimistic, but sometimes i am a little machiabelian a rue persone

Juan Manuel Mamani Canchohuaman

student•

In the photo, I appear as a man with a medium build and a round face, showing a relaxed and friendly expression. My hair is short and dark, slightly messy with a bit of shine. I have thick, dark eyebrows that give me a defined look. My eyes are medium-sized and dark, giving off a calm and approachable vibe. I have a broad nose and full lips, with a subtle smile that adds warmth to my appearance. My skin tone is medium, and I am clean-shaven. I’m wearing a black zip-up jacket, which adds to the casual and comfortable look I present.

Juan David Tovar

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I'm here to see nice photos :-)

Aviam Levi

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Describing myself: I'm a tall person, im not a slim person but alson not overweight, i have short hair most of the time and the color of my hair is being more and more being grey... My face is well- defined facial features, when i smile i get dimples ,

Claudia Andrea Cardona Molina

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I´m and slim person. I have long straight hair. I have brown eyes. My face is thin. I consider myself as a reliable, kind and optimistic person.

Rod Flores

student•

Hi.

My appearance:

I'm tall and thin girl, I have black mediums length hair and I sometimes I use a ponytail or braid. I have a big black eyes my face is well-defined facial features , I don't have dimples and for this moment I don't have wrinkles.

Andrés Fernando Puyo Bazallo

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i'm white-skinned, i wear glasses, i have a red beard and fleshy lips

Ana Garzon Muñoz

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Ok, I'm tall, slim, my face is long but well-defined facial features, I have a medium length wave dark brown hair, sometimes when I smile show dimples on the other hand I am caring, trustworthy, quit optimistic, honest.

Fernanda Escudero Macias

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I`m short and slim I have short black curvy hair. Im funny and optimistic, but sometimes Im very self-center.

Paola Andrea Rincón

student•

My appearance: I'm medium height, with round face but my body is slim, especially my arms and legs. I have long ginger hair, but my natural hair color is brown.

Positive and negative traits: I'm kind, reliable and respectful in my own way, that's because I'm very empathetic. But also I'm moody and unkind when I have a bad day.

Juan David Giraldo Patiño

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I am tall and slim. I have short brown hair, I may say I have well-defined facial features, and I have some freackles on my chest.

I'm respectful all time, that's something I like to express to others and, I also try to make them respectful too.

Platzi Team

student•

Describe your appearance.

I'm medium height and slim. I have short black hair and a thin face

Describe your positive and negative traits

Usually I am kind, reliable and optimistic. Nevertheless, sometimes I can be self-centered,unkind or insincere.

LUCRECIA FARFAN ZAMBRANO

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Hi Im tall, my hair its black, medium length and straight, I have freckels and a roun face, I really love when I smile becase mi face looks cheerful.

On my daily life I’m positive, resilient and gentle.

Isabela Archbold Cardenas

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I’m quite tall compared to the average height in my country. I have long brown hair, though I sometimes like to dye it slightly blonde. I also have brown eyes and fairly regular facial features.

Camilo Andrés Villegas Roche

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I picked up a 15 years old picture of me, there I had a long curly hair my face was thin and long, I'm a medium height person but in that photo I was by the side of 6 short friend of mine which made me look like a really tall person and that was hilarious, we all look optimistic and positive in that picture since we were working on a music project we had by that time, and we enjoyed it so much those were good times!

Alexis Morales

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I am thin, with straight brownish hair. I am short sized.

I am a kind and honest person