Describing A Person’s Face In Spanish
Learning to speak Spanish can be easy if you if you begin with the basics. Start out by learning a few common verbs, a few food items and some descriptive terms. Most people start with learning to recite the alphabet and practicing basic greetings like “hello” and “goodnight,” but if you study a persons facial feature you will be able to add a bit of spice and variety as you learn the language.
An extremely fun basic to start with while learning to speak Spanish is to learn to describe a person’s face. The face of course is the front part of the head and includes the chin, lips, teeth, hair, nose, eyebrows, cheeks, eyes, and nose.
The face is used as a tool of identity and expression and a person’s face is the one part of the body that can easily distinguish them. Frequently caricatures will overemphasize parts of the face in order to make them instantly recognizable to others who are familiar with a person’s unique and memorable features.
If you have a bit of trouble recalling names of others, you may want to become very familiar with the features of the face. The size of someone’s eyes let a mother know instantly which one of your children you are talking about.
It’s a good idea to be able to describe a person’s facial features in Spanish so if you happen to meet an individual in a Spanish speaking country, you can easily describe them to another Spanish speaking person. Additionally, learning to describe a person’s facial features is a fun and creative way to learn Spanish.
If you happen to meet a person with a thin face, you would describe that person by saying, “una cara delgada”. In English that translates to “She has a thin face.” If you want to describe someone with a chubby face you would say “una cara regordete.” If you meet a person that has had a facelift you would describe them by saying “un estiramiento facial” or “un lifting.”
To describe a person with wrinkles you would say “arugas”, and to describe a happy face you would say “una cara alegre.” If persons eyes are sunken you would describe them by saying “ojos hundidos”, and if their eyes are shifty you would say “ojos furtivos.” A person with a large nose would be described with the words “una nariz grande.”
These are just a few of the words that you can use to describe a persons facial features as you are learning to speak Spanish. As you can see it can be rather fun to learn the language and you will never be at a loss for the right words.
In order to think out of the box when learning to speak Spanish you may want to try something different than the typical “What’s your name?” or “come se llama?”. You will have a lot more fun if you start learning the body parts in Spanish or learning how to describe different parts of an ordinary neighborhood. When you do it a little differently than the normal method you will have a larger Spanish vocabulary and have lots of fun.