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Setting up an online dating profile, talking to friends about someone you met, bragging about a new baby, and telling the police about a suspect have one thing in common: physical descriptions. Learn all the Italian vocabulary you need to describe the most common physical characteristics.
Asking for a description
To ask what a person looks like, you need the verb avere (to have) – you’re literally asking what appearance the person has:
| What does he look like? | Che aspetto ha lui? | |
| What does she look like? | Che aspetto ha lei? |
Giving a description
When describing someone, the verb you need depends on which characteristic you’re talking about. General characteristics need essere (to be).
| He / She is… | (Lui) è… | (Lei) è… |
| athletic | atletico | atletica |
| bald | calvo | calva |
| beautiful | bella | |
| cute | carino | carina |
| fat | grasso | grassa |
| handsome | bello | |
| pretty | carina | |
| short | basso | bassa |
| tall | alto | alta |
| thin | magro | magra |
| ugly | brutto | brutta |
| weak | debole | debole |
| He / She is… | (Lui) è… | (Lei) è… |
| black | nero | nera |
| tanned | abbronzato | abbronzata |
| white | bianco | bianca |
When describing a specific part of the body, you need the verb avere (to have).
| He / She has… | (Lui, Lei) ha… | ||
| dark | skin | la pelle | scura |
| fair | chiara | ||
| ruddy | rubiconda rossa |
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| blue | eyes | gli occhi | blu |
| brown | marroni | ||
| green | verdi | ||
| hazel | nocciola | ||
| black | hair | i capelli | neri |
| blond | biondi | ||
| brown | castani | ||
| gray | grigi | ||
| red | rossi | ||
| long | lunghi | ||
| short | corti | ||
| straight | lisci | ||
| wavy | ondulati | ||
| curly | ricci | ||
| a beard | una barba | ||
| dimples | delle fossette | ||
| freckles | delle lentiggini | ||
| a mustache | i baffi | ||
| a scar | una cicatrice | ||
| a tattoo | un tatuaggio | ||
| wrinkles | delle rughe | ||
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