| El/ella es... | He/she is... |
| alto(a) de estatura | tall |
| bajo(a) de estatura | short |
| fornido(a) | well-built |
| corpulento(a) | heavy-set |
| gordo(a) | fat |
| panzudo(a) | pot-bellied |
| esbelto(a) | slender |
| delgado(a) | thin |
| flaco(a) | skinny |
| cojo(a) | lame |
| zancajoso(a) | splay-footed |
| El/ella tiene... | He/she is/has |
| los pies torcidos hacia dentro | pigeon-toed |
| el pie zopo | a club foot |
| los hombros cargados | round-shouldered |
| los pómulos salientes | high cheekbones |
| las mejillas hundidas | sunken cheeks |
| una marca de nacimiento | a birthmark |
| un ojo morado | a black eye |
| El/ella tiene la tez... | He/she has...skin/has a...complexion |
| blanca | fair |
| rubicunda | ruddy |
| morena | dark |
| negra | black |
| amarilla | yellow |
| cetrina | sallow |