How to make physical descriptions in Spanish accurately and in detail Welcome to the most complete blog about the Spanish language. When we start learning a language, one of the first things students study is the description of people. Today we are going to talk precisely about this. It suits you
Welcome to the most complete blog about the Spanish language.
When we start learning a language, one of the first things that students study is the description of people.
Today we are going to talk precisely about this. We are going to teach you how to make one description of a person's physique in the most detailed way possible.
The entire article is going to revolve around three fundamental verbs from Spanish: be, have and carry.
Through different examples of physical descriptions of people in Spanish, you will learn a lot of vocabulary about the face, hair, body, height, clothes, accessories and much more.
We will also see how to ask about appearance someone's physical They are very simple and useful questions that you will memorize quickly, you'll see!
Finally, as we always do in educational articles, we will work everything seen with a activity.
This is an article that will be very helpful to you if you are in a beginner level of Spanish.
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Having said that, we begin this article on how to describe people.
Let's go full out!
There are many ways to describe a person. The simplest and most direct way is through verbs be, have and carry.
Let's start with the verb to be.
The verb to be is the verb par excellence of the description of a person's physical appearance. You can say many things about people with this verb.
The structure of the verb to be to talk about characteristics is always this:
SUBJECT + BE + ADJECTIVE
Examples:
There are many things you can say about a person's physique with this verb. Do you want to know them? Let's go there!
Let's start with the hair, a very characteristic feature of each person.
We can use the verb to be to talk about hair color.
We can also describe the hair texture with the same verb.
Regarding physical complexion, there are people who they are thin, they have little fat and little muscle.
The adjective is also used skinny, although this has a more negative connotation, as if it were not healthy.
People who have a lot of fat and a big belly They are fat.
However, the term "fat" can sound a bit offensive, and the diminutive is often used (chubby) to soften it further.
People who have developed muscles say that they are strong or muscular.
There are also people who they are slender, thin but strong. Have you seen the Avatar movies? The Na'vi They are the perfect example of the adjective slender.
And we can also say that a person she is pretty when he has a pretty face. If, on the other hand, he has an unattractive face, we say that it's ugly.
When we indicate the age that we have in numbers, the verb is used have.
Example:
However, some adjectives can also be used to describe a person based on how many years they have lived using the verb be.
A child, adolescent or person who is in their twenties, we say that is young.
From 30 onwards we are adults or mature.
And when we are over 70 years old we are older, old or elderly.
The verb beIt is also used to talk about height.
People who are very tall, like basketball players, are tall people. high. On the other hand, a person who is short in height, we say that is low or small.
The diminutive (short) because it is softer.
There are different types of bodies, but in general they could be divided into large, medium and small.
People who are big have wide backs, legs and arms. corpulent, big hands and feet, etc.
On the other hand, small people are narrow and thin, and usually have small hands and feet.
The verb have is another descriptive verb that we often use to talk about what they are like. body parts human specific.
These specific parts can be the eyes, hair, nose, arms, legs, hands, etc.
The structure of the verb have is:
SUBJECT + HAVE + NOUN + ADJECTIVE
Examples:
with him verb have always we need add the noun in front of the adjective.
As with the verb to be, we can also say the same characteristics of the hair with the verb have: brown, blonde, brunette, wavy, curly, soft, short, long, etc.
As we have said before, the difference now is that with the verb tener we need to add the noun "hair."
Examples:
The eyes are the windows to the soul, and the verb tener can help us describe its colors:
Examples:
These are the common eye colors, although we can also add more characteristics, such as intensity (light/dark) or the type of color.
Examples:
Furthermore, we can also talk about size of the eyes (big, small) or shape (round, torn, separated, together, elongated, sagging, etc.)
Examples:
What can we say about the nose? Well, many things, really.
The nose is in the center of the face, so it is impossible not to see it.
Let's look at some of the types of noses most current 👃🏻:
The verb carry It is the third on this list of verbs to describe in Spanish.
Its use focuses on the things we can add to our body, like the clothes, the accessories or the tattoos.
It is also used to talk about hairstyles or of the beard.
The structure is the same as with the verb tener. Sowing is accompanied by a noun:
SUBJECT + CARRY + NOUN
When it comes to dressing, there are many accessories or accessories What we can wear to give more personality to our appearance.
we can carry earrings or ear piercings, scarves or pretty scarves to protect the neck in winter, a cap cool on hot days, elegant ones sunglasses, necklaces around the neck, bracelets on the wrists, rings on the fingers, etc.
There are tons! And you, what accessories do you like to wear?
Many men grow beards. There are also different ways to wear it.
There are men who they have long beards, or as we commonly say "woodcutter's beard."
Others prefer to wear a trimmed beard, more stylized.
There are those who prefer to wear a three day beard, to have some hair on your face.
There are also those that carry goatee or mustache, shaving the hair off his face and leaving hair only above the upper lip and on the chin.
Do you like the tattoos?
If you have any on your body, we also use the verb carry or have.
Examples:
Did you know that almost 40% of Spaniards between 16 and 35 years old have tattoos? We are the sixth country in the world with the most tattooed people!
When we talk about clothes, we also use the verb to carry or have. Although there are differences in their use.
«have» is used to express the possession or belonging of clothes.
Example:
On the other hand, when we say "I I wear a t-shirt black" we refer to the t-shirt that we have set in the body at that time.
How many clothing nouns do you know? We refresh you some:
Now you know how to use the 3 verbs most important to talk about physical characteristics of people in Spanish. Bravo! 👏🏻
Sometimes we are in situations where we want ask about the appearance from someone How to do it?
We present to you 4 simple questions that you can always use. If you want to learn them, keep reading!
This question is used to obtain general information about a person's physical appearance.
Example:
This question can also be used to focus on specific parts of the person.
We ask this question to find out the color of a part of the person, such as the eyes, hair or skin.
Examples:
If we want to know about the clothing from someone, we ask this question.
Example:
This question is used to investigate if someone is wearing a specific garment or accessory.
Examples:
Is everything clear? Demonstrate it in the following exercise!
We present you sentences in which people are described. You must write the verbs be, have and carry in the correct form in the present indicative.
We do not tell you which verb you should choose, check this post and you will find out 😉.
A little help: remember that the verb be for describe is always followed by a adjective, and the verbs have and carry of a noun.
We have already finished this article. The description of people with the verbs be, have and carry is a basic topic of spanish that you must master.
In our school we dedicate several classes to this topic in the most basic levels.
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Do you have any questions or comments you would like to make about the ways of describing that we have studied today?
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Article written by Carlos Martinez for Hispania, Spanish school.
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