Human Body Features, Professions, and Life Stages in Spanish and English

Human Body Features: Spanish & English

Face

• Bloated face: hinchada
• Freckles: pecas
• Wrinkles: arrugas
• Cherubic face: cara bonita de niño
• Chubby/Podgy face: cara gordita
• Chubby-cheeked: mofletes gorditos
• Weather-beaten face: estropeada por el clima
• Blackheads: puntos negros
• Moles: lunar
• Warts: berruga
• Hollow cheeks/Dimples: hoyuelos

Nose

• Lopsided nose: torcida
• Conk: narizón

Eyes

• Hazel: color avellana
• Black eye: ojo morado
• Crossed-eyed: bizca
• Bulging eyes: saltones
• Stye: orzuelo
• Sunken eyes: hundidos
• Swollen eyes (with bags): con bolsas debajo de los ojos

Mouth

• Harelip: labio leporino
• Chapped lips: agrietados
• Buckteeth: dientes de conejo
• Wisdom teeth: muelas del juicio

Hair

• Auburn: caoba
• Lock of hair: mechón
• Shock of hair: mata de pelo
• Fringe: flequillo
• Parting: raya
• Plaits: trenzas
• Bunches: coletas
• Lank hair: lacio
• Dull hair: sin brillo
• Split ends: puntas abiertas
• Sideburns: patillas

Relationships & Marriage

Wedding Party

• Bride/fiancée: novia
• Groom/fiancé: novio
• Clergyman: cura
• Best man: padrino
• Bridesmaids: damas de honor

Verbs Related to Eating

• Bite: to tear, cut, or grip food with teeth
• Chew: to work food between jaws and teeth
• Digest: what happens to food after it is swallowed
• Feast: eat a lot or enjoy eating something
• Goble: to eat or swallow food too quickly and in large amounts
• Guzzle: to eat food greedily
• Ingest: to take food into the body
• Lick: to pass the tongue over food to taste it
• Munch: to chew food steadily, especially with a crunchy noise
• Nibble: to take small repeated bites of food
• Snack: to eat a light meal
• Swallow: the act of passing food from mouth to stomach
• Taste: to take a small amount of food in the mouth and taste it
• Wolf: to eat quickly

Jobs and Professions: Spanish & English

• Locksmith: cerrajero
• Dustman: basurero
• Consultant: asesor
• Salesman: vendedor
• Watchmaker: relojero
• Sales department: ventas
• Butcher: carnicero
• Ambassador: embajador
• Lawyer: abogado
• Caretaker: conserje
• Customs officer: oficial de aduana
• Nun: monja
• Monk: monje
• Priest: cura
• Typist: mecanógrafo
• Bookseller: vendedor de libros
• Laborer: obrero
• Foreman: supervisor de los trabajadores
• Jockey: jinete
• Docker: estibador
• Chiropodist: podólogo

Death & Related Vocabulary

• Widow: viuda
• Widower: viudo
• Will: testamento
• Undertaker: enterrador
• Funeral: funeral
• Starve: pasar hambre
• Choke: asfixiar
• Burn: quemar
• Bleed: sangrar
• Drown: ahogar
• Freeze: congelar
• Gravestone: lápida
• Grave: tumba
• Hearse: coche fúnebre
• Crematorium: crematorio
• Coffin: ataúd
• Mourners: familiares dolidos
• Wreath: corona de flores

Personality Traits: English & Synonyms

• Clumsy: bungling
• Hard-working: diligent, industrious
• Versatile: competent
• Irresponsible: obstinate, stubborn, pig-headed, obsessed
• Impartial: fair-minded, open-minded, tolerant, broad-minded
• Reliable: trustworthy, credible, faithful, loyal
• Unreliable: poco fiable
• Polite: courteous, respectful
• Rude: impolite, brusque, curt, abrupt, blunt, aggressive