Appendix 2 - Colors, Textures, Shapes & Parts of the body

The colors

English Spanish
blue azul
green verde
white blanco
orange anaranjado
pink rosa
brown café
violet violeta
blue-green azul verdoso
red rojo
yellow amarillo
black negro
purple morado
gray gris
sepia sepia
magenta magenta
ivory marfil

and Shades:

English Spanish
light claro
dark oscuro
pastel pastel
deep profundo

The Textures

for feminine-gendered nouns, the adjectives that end in "...o", will end in "...a" (see Chapter 17)

English Spanish
smooth liso
slippery resbaloso
pointed picudo
hard duro
dry seco
dirty sucio
granular granoso
hot caliente
frozen congelado
rough rugoso
sharp filoso
soft suave
wet mojado
clean limpio
sticky pegajoso
spongey esponjoso
cold frío
warm tibio
itchy rasposo

The Shapes

for feminine-gendered nouns, the adjectives that end in "...o", will end in "...a" (see Chapter 17)

English Spanish
square cuadrado
cube cubo
oval ovalado
cylindrical cilíndrico
long largo
tall alto
fat gordo
skinny flaco
largo grande
tiny pequeñísimo
round redondo
rectangular rectangular
plane plano
sphere esfera
short corto
thin delgado
thick (or stout) grueso
obese obeso
small pequeño
enormous enorme

Parts of the Body

English Spanish
head cabeza
face cara
nose nariz
mouth boca
tongue lengua
hair cabello
chin mentón
neck cuello
arm brazo
hand mano
fingernails uñas
back espalda
spine espina
knee rodilla
shin espinilla
heel talón
cheek mejilla
eyes ojos
ears oídos
teeth dientes
forehead frente
beard barba
eye-lid párpado
shoulders hombros
wrist muñeca
fingers dedos
stomach [area] vientre
hips caderas
upper leg muslo
ankle tobillo
foot pie
toe dedo del pie