Describing people em Português Posted by Ester on Jan 19, 2016 in Vocabulary
Ei pessoal!
Today we are going to learn how to describe people.
A) Aparência física – physical appearance
1. Alto – tal
2. Baixo – short
3. Estatura mediana – average height
4. Gordo – fat
5. Cheinho / gordinho – chubby
6. Acima do peso – overweight
7. Magro – skinny
8. Magrinho – skinny (in a nice way)
9. Magrelinho – very skinny (in a bad way)
10. Atlético – lean, athletic
11. Definido – well defined muscles
12. Bombado – muscly (usually used to descbribe someone who is too muscly)
13. Sarado – muscly (good connotation)
14. Branco – white
15. Negro – black
16. Moreno – brown skin
17. Cabelo – hair
• Preto – black
• Castanho – brown
• Loiro – blonde
• Ruivo – ginger
• Curto – short
• Longo – long
• Na cintura – down to the waist
• Nos ombros – down to the shoulders
• Franja – fringe/bangs
• Liso – straight
• Enrolado / cacheado – curly
• Ondulado – wavy
• Careca – bold
Obs.: the colours could be claro ou escuro (light or dark)
18. Tem barba – has a beard
19. Olhos – eyes
• Castanhos – brown
• Pretos – black
• Verdes – green
• Azuis – blue
• Pequenos – small
• Grandes – big
Obs.: the colours could be claro ou escuro (light or dark)
20. Nariz
• Grande – big
• Pequeno – small
• Largo – flat
• Fino – straight
21. Boca – mouth
• Pequena – small
• Grande – big
• Carnuda – full lips
• Fina – thin lips
22. Sorriso – smile
• Bonito – pretty
• Lindo – beautiful
• Largo – big
• Feio – uggly
23. Usa/tem aparelho nos dentes – wears braces on teeth
24. Usa/tem óculos – wears glasses
25. É…
• Bonito – pretty
• Lindo – beaultiful
• Maravilhoso – gorgeous
• Feio – ugly
• sem graça – not attractive to you, but not ugly
• Novo / jovem – Young
• Velho – old
• De meia-idade – middle-aged
26. Bem vestido – well dressed
27. Mal vestido – poorly dressed
– Describing Angelina:
Esta é a Angelina. Ela é alta, magra e muito bonita. O cabelo dela é castanho e liso, os olhos dela são claros. A boca dela é grande e carnuda e o nariz dela é fino. Ela tem um sorriso bonito.
This is Angelina. She is tall, skinny and very pretty. Her hair is brown and straight. Her eyes are a light colour. Her mouth is big, she has full lips and her nose is straight. She has a pretty smile.
B) Características e personalidade – characteristics and personality
1. Legal – cool, good company
2. Chato – boring, annoying
3. Interessante – interesting
4. Mal-educado – rude
5. Bem-educado – polite
6. Preguiçoso – lazy
7. Carinhoso – affectionate
8. Paciente – patiente
9. Inteligente – intelligent
10. Amigável – lovely
11. Ciumento – jealous
12. Arrogante – arrogant
13. Invejoso – envious
14. Apático – listless
15. Ativo – active
– Desbribing yourself
Eu sou jovem, tenho 27 anos. Eu sou morena. Meu cabelo é castanho escuro e ondulado. Meus olhos também são castanhos escuro. Eu tenho nariz grande. Eu não sou muito alta, tenha estatura mediana. Eu sou bastante ativa, minha vida é interessante e eu sou carinhosa com os meus amigos e família. Às vezes sou um pouco impaciente, mas sempre amigável.
I am young, 27 years old. I have brown skin. My hair is dark brown and wavy. My eyes are also dark brown. I have a big nose. I am not very tall I am average height. I am very active, my life is interesting and I am affectionate towards my friends and family. Sometimes I am impatient, but always friendly.
NOW, have fun leaving a comment describing yourself, someone you know or someone famous!
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