APPEARANCE
Be
AGE (età) Young Middle-aged Old
HEIGHT
(altezza)
Short Tall Middle-height (?)
LOOK (aspetto) Ugly (brutto) Pretty (carino) Good-looking (bell'aspetto)
BUILD
(corporatura)
Thin / Slim /
Skinny (magro,
snello)
Fit
(in salute, in
forma)
Well-built
(robusto di corporatura, muscoloso)
over-weight (sovrappeso) / fat (grasso)
HAIR (capelli) Thin hair (capelli
fini)
Fat hair (capelli
grassi)
Have got
Hair colour Brown / blond
fair (chiari)
Black / dark (scuri) /
grey
Red - ginger
Hair type Curly (ricci) Wavy (mossi) Straight (lisci)
Hair length
(lunghezza)
Short (corti) Medium length (media
lunghezza)
Long (lunghi)
Eye colour Brown Green / blue grey
Hair colour → fair (chiari) vs dark (scuri)
bald → calvo, pelato
To describe a person in her/his appearance we use ADJECTIVES.
Adjectives in English only have one form. We use this form with SINGULAR and PLURAL.
Ex. A Mexican boy / Some Mexican boys
We place adjectives BEFORE THE NOUN that they describe.
Ex. Good students
a Canadian city
an international language (we don't say a language international)
