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Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 11 Parts of the body and physical descriptions in Spanish Posted by on Jan 29, 2013 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary, Videos

¡Hola a todos!

Today in our Spanish review lesson we will practice describing physical appearance in Spanish, with lots of useful Spanish vocabulary related to parts of the body and adjectives such as tall, short, big and small.

Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original theory video lesson.

To go back and watch the original video lesson please follow this link:

Spanish physical descriptions

1. First let´s see if you know what these parts of the body in Spanish are:

– Orejas
– Ojos
– Pelo
– Boca
– Nariz

2. Next let´s see if you can say these descriptions in Spanish:

– Green eyes
– Small mouth
– Big ears
– Long hair
– Small nose
– Brown eyes
– Tall (for a woman)
– Slim (for a man)

3. Now from Spanish to English:

– Pelo rizado
– Ojos azules
– Orejas grandes
– Pelo canoso
– Boca pequeña
– Nariz grande
– Gordo
– Baja

4. Finally, please answer the following questions in Spanish about yourself and your family:

– ¿Tienes el pelo rubio?
– ¿Eres alto/alta?
– ¿Tienes los ojos azules?
– ¿Tu madre es baja?
– ¿Tu padre tiene el pelo canoso?
– ¿Tienes las orejas grandes?
– ¿Tienes la nariz pequeña?
– ¿Tu abuelo es delgado?

This is all for today.

You might want to try practicing more by making descriptions in Spanish of famous people or people you know. The more you practice, the quicker the words and structures will come to your head.

¡Hasta luego!

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Answers:

1.
– Ears
– Eyes
– Hair
– Mouth
– Nose

2.
– Ojos verdes
– Boca pequeña
– Orejas grandes
– Pelo largo
– Nariz pequeña
– Ojos marrones
– Alta
– Delgado

3.
– Curly hair
– Blue eyes
– Big ears
– Grey hair
– Small mouth
– Big nose
– Fat
– Short

4. Free answer
Possible answers:
– No, tengo el pelo moreno
– No, soy baja
– No, tengo los ojos marrones
– Sí, mi madre es baja
– Sí, mi padre tiene el pelo canoso
– No, tengo las orejas pequeñas
– No, tengo la nariz grande
– Sí, mi abuelo es delgado

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Laura & Adam have been blogging and creating online Spanish courses for Transparent Language since 2010. Laura is from Bilbao in northern Spain and Adam is from Devon in the south of England. They lived together in Spain for over 10 years, where their 2 daughters were born, and now they live in Scotland. Both Laura & Adam qualified as foreign language teachers in 2004 and since have been teaching Spanish in Spain, the UK, and online.