#18 - Physical Descriptions in Spanish

Speaking Spanish for Beginners

Latin ELE

Education, Language Learning

4.8 • 901 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Learn how to describe people in Spanish—height, hair, and skin color—so you can talk about friends, family, or even a crime suspect with ease 😅

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It's time to learn how to describe yourself physically in Spanish.
0:04.0	More on that in this episode of speaking Spanish for beginners.
0:12.0	What's tal?
0:14.0	Me L'Amo Marco, a Latino Spanish teacher.
0:17.0	Not sure how to understand or use physical descriptions in Spanish?
0:22.2	Then this episode is for you.
0:24.9	You learn so busy words for describing height, her color, and skin, and hear them in a conversation.
0:32.3	Ready for this?
0:33.1	Sir, yes, sir!
0:34.4	Vamos!
0:40.5	First, let's listen to a dialogue between two Latinos.
0:42.7	Jessica and me, Marco.
0:47.7	Jessica is looking at a picture of her family and I ask questions about them.
0:51.6	To know who we're talking about, we use physical descriptions.
0:55.5	Pay close attention to the words used to describe the people.
0:56.8	Here we go.
0:59.4	Hello, Marco.
1:00.7	How about all?
1:02.2	Well, and you?
1:03.4	What, how?
1:04.5	All good.
1:05.6	Thank you.
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