Word lists · A1
Describing people
Spanish words for “describing people”, most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | alto | adjective | tall, high; loud (hablar alto) | A1 |
| 488 | serio | adjective | serious (person); serious (grave) | A1 |
| 660 | malo | adjective | bad; naughty, evil (ser malo) | A2 |
| 746 | describir | verb | to describe | A2 |
| 1042 | el pelo | noun · m | hair; fur | A2 |
| 1190 | bonito | adjective | pretty, nice | A2 |
| 1267 | trabajador | adjective | hard-working | B1 |
| 1280 | inteligente | adjective | intelligent | B1 |
| 1732 | el cabello | noun · m | hair | B1 |
| 1964 | anciano | adjective | elderly | B1 |
| 1964 | el anciano | noun · m | elderly person, old man | B1 |
| 1983 | el / la adolescente | noun · mf | teenager, adolescent | B1 |
| 2089 | gordo | adjective | fat; thick, big | B1 |
| 2422 | delgado | adjective | thin, slim; thin (object, layer) | B1 |
| 2464 | guapo | adjective | good-looking, handsome, pretty | B1 |
| 2821 | feo | adjective | ugly; unpleasant, nasty | B2 |
| 3514 | la sonrisa | noun · f | smile | B2 |
| 3705 | la barba | noun · f | beard | B2 |
| 3753 | generoso | adjective | generous | B2 |
| 3812 | el defecto | noun · m | defect, flaw; fault (of character) | B2 |
| 3852 | honesto | adjective | honest | B2 |
| 4017 | mentiroso | adjective | lying, untruthful | C1 |
| 4148 | moreno | adjective | dark-haired, dark-skinned; tanned | C1 |
| 4236 | pálido | adjective | pale | C1 |
| 4260 | tímido | adjective | shy | C1 |
| 4293 | rubio | adjective | blond | C1 |
| 4963 | calvo | adjective | bald | C1 |
| 5397 | grueso | adjective | thick; stout, heavy-set | C1 |
| 5811 | el bigote | noun · m | moustache | C1 |
| 6575 | castaño | adjective | brown; chestnut | C2 |
| 6598 | la facción | noun · f | faction; facial features (facciones) | C2 |
| 6681 | la estatura | noun · f | height; stature; stature (standing, importance) | C2 |
| 6750 | el peinado | noun · m | hairstyle; hairdo | C2 |
| 6875 | redondo | adjective | round; perfect; complete | C2 |
| 6993 | flaco | adjective | thin; skinny; feeble; weak (argument, memory) | C2 |
| 7109 | prominente | adjective | prominent; leading; prominent; protruding | C2 |
| 7145 | descuidado | adjective | careless; negligent; neglected; untidy | C2 |
| 7151 | sensual | adjective | sensual; sensuous | C2 |
| 7152 | veloz | adjective | fast; swift | C2 |
| 7293 | chiquito | adjective | tiny; very small | C2 |
| 7297 | llamativo | adjective | eye-catching; flashy; striking; remarkable | C2 |
| 7395 | suavemente | adverb | gently; softly | C2 |
| 7506 | robusto | adjective | robust; sturdy | C2 |
| 7514 | flojo | adjective | loose; slack; weak; lazy (colloquial) | C2 |
| 7642 | aparentar | verb | to look (a certain age); to appear; to feign; to pretend | C2 |
| 7691 | llano | adjective | flat; level; plain; unpretentious | C2 |
| 7763 | inmaculado | adjective | spotless; immaculate; Immaculate (religion) | C2 |
| 7908 | rizado | adjective | curly | C2 |
| 7908 | rizar | verb | to curl (hair); to ripple (water) | C2 |
| 7941 | infernal | adjective | infernal; hellish | C2 |
| 7959 | asomar | verb | to show; to peek out; to lean out; to look out (asomarse) | C2 |
| 7994 | ocasional | adjective | occasional; casual | C2 |
| 8008 | desastroso | adjective | disastrous | C2 |
| 8029 | sorprendentemente | adverb | surprisingly | C2 |
| 8039 | duradero | adjective | lasting; long-term; durable; hard-wearing | C2 |
| 8043 | angular | adjective | angular; with sharp angles; cornerstone (in piedra angular) | C2 |
| 8089 | memorable | adjective | memorable; unforgettable | C2 |
| 8123 | el esplendor | noun · m | splendour; magnificence; heyday; peak | C2 |
| 8134 | sabroso | adjective | tasty; delicious; enjoyable; lovely | C2 |
| 8155 | pelirrojo | adjective | red-haired; redhead (person) | C2 |
| 8171 | la abertura | noun · f | opening; gap; slit; aperture (camera lens) | C2 |
| 8200 | monumental | adjective | monumental; of historic monuments; huge; colossal | C2 |
| 8254 | áspero | adjective | rough; coarse; harsh; gruff | C2 |
| 8309 | el colgante | noun · m | pendant; hanging; suspended (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8319 | tenso | adjective | tense; taut; tense (atmosphere, relations) | C2 |
| 8352 | plateado | adjective | silver; silvery; silver-plated | C2 |
| 8365 | desapercibido | adjective | unnoticed | C2 |
| 8370 | extravagante | adjective | extravagant; flamboyant; lavish; wasteful (of spending, tastes) | C2 |
| 8447 | insoportable | adjective | unbearable; intolerable; insufferable; obnoxious (of a person) | C2 |
| 8513 | interminable | adjective | endless; interminable | C2 |
| 8530 | destructivo | adjective | destructive; destructive (criticism, behaviour) | C2 |
| 8559 | característico | adjective | characteristic; typical | C2 |
| 8576 | espeluznante | adjective | hair-raising; chilling; appalling; shocking (facts, figures) | C2 |
| 8594 | invencible | adjective | invincible; unbeatable; insurmountable; unconquerable | C2 |
| 8609 | astronómico | adjective | astronomical (relating to astronomy); astronomical (huge) | C2 |
| 8616 | abrumador | adjective | overwhelming (emotion, workload); overwhelming (majority, victory) | C2 |
| 8619 | obsoleto | adjective | obsolete; outdated; obsolete (rule, custom) | C2 |
| 8620 | pegajoso | adjective | sticky; catchy (of a tune) | C2 |
| 8674 | distraído | adjective | absent-minded (by nature); distracted (at the moment) | C2 |
| 8715 | mediocre | adjective | mediocre; average; poor; second-rate | C2 |
| 8743 | liviano | adjective | light (in weight; Latin America); light (food, clothing); flimsy | C2 |
| 8857 | tibio | adjective | lukewarm; tepid; lukewarm; half-hearted | C2 |
| 8859 | escandaloso | adjective | scandalous; shocking; loud; rowdy; flamboyant | C2 |
| 8899 | innumerable | adjective | countless; innumerable | C2 |
| 8914 | impecable | adjective | impeccable; flawless; spotless | C2 |
| 8928 | excitante | adjective | exciting; thrilling; stimulant (substance, noun use) | C2 |
| 8943 | diabólico | adjective | diabolical; devilish; fiendishly hard; awful (colloquial) | C2 |
| 8953 | jugoso | adjective | juicy; juicy; lucrative (figurative) | C2 |
| 8992 | afilado | adjective | sharp (of a blade); pointed; sharp (features, wit) | C2 |
| 9022 | fúnebre | adjective | funeral (adjective); funereal; gloomy; mournful | C2 |
| 9037 | espinoso | adjective | thorny; prickly; tricky; thorny (issue) | C2 |
| 9049 | radiante | adjective | radiant; beaming; radiant (giving off heat or light) | C2 |
| 9166 | monstruoso | adjective | monstrous; hideous; enormous; outrageous | C2 |
| 9215 | macizo | adjective | solid; massive (not hollow); massif (mountain group) | C2 |
| 9216 | implacable | adjective | relentless; merciless; inexorable (time, advance) | C2 |
| 9219 | ceniciento | adjective | ashen; ash-grey; Cinderella (the neglected one; Cenicienta) | C2 |
| 9271 | inquietante | adjective | disturbing; worrying; eerie; unsettling | C2 |
| 9291 | el destello | noun · m | flash; gleam; sparkle; glimmer; spark (of hope, genius) | C2 |
| 9292 | tranquilamente | adverb | calmly; peacefully; easily; with no trouble (colloquial) | C2 |
| 9351 | elástico | adjective | elastic; stretchy; elastic band; rubber band (noun use) | C2 |
| 9386 | rozar | verb | to brush against; to graze; to rub; to come close to; to border on | C2 |
| 9399 | la capucha | noun · f | hood (on clothing); cap; cover (of a pen, a marker) | C2 |
| 9425 | adyacente | adjective | adjacent; neighbouring; adjacent (angles, sides) | C2 |
| 9436 | asemejar | verb | to resemble (asemejarse a); to liken; to compare | C2 |
| 9465 | contiguo | adjective | adjoining; next to | C2 |
| 9473 | la suciedad | noun · f | dirt; filth; dirty dealings; foul play (figurative) | C2 |
| 9556 | borroso | adjective | blurry; blurred; hazy; vague (memory, outline) | C2 |
| 9586 | colorido | adjective | colourful; vividly coloured; colour; colourfulness (noun use) | C2 |
| 9651 | imponente | adjective | imposing; impressive; commanding (presence, voice) | C2 |
| 9668 | peludo | adjective | hairy; furry; armadillo (Argentina: el peludo) | C2 |
| 9673 | pintoresco | adjective | picturesque; colourful (a character; amusingly odd) | C2 |
| 9723 | el terciopelo | noun · m | velvet; velvety quality (de terciopelo) | C2 |
| 9731 | mojado | adjective | wet; soaked | C2 |
| 9737 | floral | adjective | floral; of flowers; flower-patterned (print) | C2 |
| 9767 | impredecible | adjective | unpredictable; erratic; hard to read (a person) | C2 |
| 9810 | rojizo | adjective | reddish; ruddy; auburn (hair, complexion) | C2 |
| 9857 | caótico | adjective | chaotic; messy; disorganised (life, room) | C2 |
| 9858 | seductor | adjective | seductive; alluring; tempting; attractive (offer, idea) | C2 |
| 9866 | intermitente | adjective | intermittent; on and off; indicator (noun use, Spain) | C2 |
| 9868 | la semejanza | noun · f | resemblance; similarity; likeness (a semejanza de: in the likeness of) | C2 |
| 9883 | enérgico | adjective | energetic; vigorous; firm; forceful (measures, protest) | C2 |
| 9920 | perjudicial | adjective | harmful; detrimental | C2 |
| 9942 | catastrófico | adjective | catastrophic; disastrous (informal) | C2 |
| 9947 | tallado | adjective | carved (wood, stone); cut (gemstone); chiselled (body) | C2 |
| 9963 | obsceno | adjective | obscene; indecent; obscene (shockingly excessive) | C2 |
| 9965 | variado | adjective | varied; diverse; assorted; mixed | C2 |
| 9986 | fugaz | adjective | fleeting; brief; shooting (estrella fugaz) | C2 |
| 10033 | la asa | noun · f | handle (of a cup, a basket, a bag) | C2 |
| 10045 | saliente | adjective | protruding; jutting out; salient; prominent (feature, point) | C2 |
| 10071 | tosco | adjective | coarse; rough (material, finish); crude; unrefined (manners, person) | C2 |
| 10072 | repleto | adjective | full; packed (repleto de); full of (experiences, events) | C2 |
| 10116 | agotador | adjective | exhausting; tiring; draining (mentally, emotionally) | C2 |
| 10155 | la rareza | noun · f | rarity; rare thing; oddity; quirk | C2 |
| 10163 | cristalino | adjective | crystal-clear; transparent; lens (of the eye; noun use) | C2 |
| 10173 | mayúsculo | adjective | huge; enormous (error, surprise); capital; upper-case (letra mayúscula) | C2 |
| 10204 | embarazoso | adjective | embarrassing; awkward; awkward; delicate (a question, a topic) | C2 |
| 10214 | acogedor | adjective | cosy; welcoming (a place); welcoming; hospitable (people) | C2 |
| 10250 | la dureza | noun · f | hardness; harshness; severity (of a person, climate) | C2 |
| 10252 | puntiagudo | adjective | pointed; sharp-tipped | C2 |
| 10271 | liso | adjective | smooth; even (a surface); straight (hair); plain (fabric) | C2 |
| 10291 | la simetría | noun · f | symmetry; symmetry (mathematics: axis of symmetry) | C2 |
| 10301 | demoníaco | adjective | demonic; devilish; fiendish; wicked (a plan) | C2 |
| 10326 | crujiente | adjective | crunchy; crispy; crackling; crisp (leaves, sound) | C2 |
| 10332 | atroz | adjective | atrocious; heinous; dreadful; awful (informal) | C2 |
| 10402 | doblado | adjective | dubbed (film, series); folded; bent | C2 |
| 10428 | errante | adjective | wandering; stray; wandering (knight-errant) | C2 |
| 10469 | novedoso | adjective | novel; innovative; new and unusual; original | C2 |
| 10519 | furtivo | adjective | furtive; stealthy; illegal; clandestine (caza furtiva: poaching) | C2 |
| 10585 | oval | adjective | oval | C2 |
| 10590 | inmóvil | adjective | motionless; still; frozen; rooted to the spot (from shock or fear) | C2 |
| 10606 | melancólico | adjective | melancholy; gloomy (person, mood); wistful; melancholic (music, landscape) | C2 |
| 10621 | brusco | adjective | abrupt; sudden; brusque; curt (person, manner) | C2 |
| 10625 | ascendente | adjective | rising; upward; ascendant (astrology: el ascendente) | C2 |
| 10665 | selecto | adjective | select; choice (of high quality); exclusive; elite (a small group) | C2 |
| 10701 | inolvidable | adjective | unforgettable | C2 |
| 10729 | la silueta | noun · f | silhouette; outline; figure; shape (of a person's body) | C2 |
| 10740 | irresistible | adjective | irresistible (urge, impulse); irresistible (tempting; attractive) | C2 |
| 10751 | violentamente | adverb | violently; forcefully; by force; forcibly | C2 |
| 10812 | temible | adjective | fearsome; dreaded; formidable; to be reckoned with | C2 |
| 10839 | ocultarse | verb | to hide; to conceal oneself; to set; to disappear from view (the sun) | C2 |
| 10868 | meridional | adjective | southern (of the south) | C2 |
| 10872 | el contorno | noun · m | outline; contour; surroundings; environs (contornos) | C2 |
| 10895 | compacto | adjective | compact; solid; dense (material) | C2 |
| 10898 | el edén | noun · m | Eden (the biblical garden); paradise; idyllic place | C2 |
| 10961 | inesperadamente | adverb | unexpectedly; out of the blue; suddenly (of a sudden event, a death) | C2 |
| 10985 | sumido | adjective | plunged; sunk (sumido en) | C2 |
| 10998 | majestuoso | adjective | majestic; imposing; stately; dignified (bearing) | C2 |
| 11005 | grotesco | adjective | grotesque; absurd; grotesque (art: ornamental style) | C2 |
| 11010 | deprimente | adjective | depressing; gloomy; disheartening; pitiful | C2 |
| 11028 | felino | adjective | feline (cat-like); feline (animal; noun use) | C2 |
| 11033 | disperso | adjective | scattered; dispersed; distracted; unfocused (mind) | C2 |
| 11083 | extrañamente | adverb | strangely; oddly; unusually (before an adjective) | C2 |
| 11105 | desolado | adjective | devastated; heartbroken; desolate; barren (landscape) | C2 |
| 11134 | perturbador | adjective | disturbing; unsettling; disruptive; upsetting order | C2 |
| 11146 | giratorio | adjective | revolving; rotating; swivel (chair, stool) | C2 |
| 11156 | el resplandor | noun · m | glow; radiance; flash; dazzle (sudden bright light) | C2 |
| 11233 | la orgía | noun · f | riot; wild excess (orgía de colores); orgy; wild feast (dated, historical) | C2 |
| 11278 | el zumbido | noun · m | buzzing; hum (insects, machines); ringing in the ears (tinnitus) | C2 |
| 11293 | espartano | adjective | Spartan (of Sparta); spartan; austere | C2 |
| 11308 | inexplicable | adjective | inexplicable; unaccountable; baffling; strange | C2 |
| 11310 | instantáneamente | adverb | instantly; at once; in a flash (sudden) | C2 |
| 11348 | súbito | adjective | sudden; unexpected; de súbito: suddenly | C2 |
| 11378 | placentero | adjective | pleasant; enjoyable; pleasurable (physical sensation) | C2 |
| 11379 | ceñido | adjective | tight-fitting; snug; close-fought (race, result) | C2 |
| 11397 | recostado | adjective | reclining; leaning back | C2 |
| 11473 | sonriente | adjective | smiling; cheerful; pleasant-faced | C2 |
| 11486 | arduo | adjective | arduous; strenuous; demanding (task, work) | C2 |
| 11515 | microscópico | adjective | microscopic (tiny); minute; tiny (informal exaggeration) | C2 |
| 11536 | árido | adjective | arid; dry (climate, land); dry; dull (subject, writing) | C2 |
| 11543 | el espesor | noun · m | thickness; density (fog, woods) | C2 |
| 11559 | colosal | adjective | colossal; huge; colossal; extraordinary (success, mistake) | C2 |
| 11573 | el trazo | noun · m | stroke; line (pen, brush, pencil); outline; layout (of a route, a plan) | C2 |
| 11582 | circundante | adjective | surrounding; nearby; neighbouring (area, towns) | C2 |
| 11676 | anaranjado | adjective | orange (colour); orange (the colour, noun use) | C2 |
| 11710 | naciente | adjective | nascent; emerging; rising (sun: sol naciente) | C2 |
| 11711 | el silbido | noun · m | whistle (sound); hiss; whistling sound (wind, bullet) | C2 |
| 11775 | refrescante | adjective | refreshing (drink, air); refreshing; welcome (change, honesty) | C2 |
| 11794 | terrorífico | adjective | terrifying; horrifying; dreadful; awful (informal, exaggeration) | C2 |