pelo rizado
/pelo ɾiθado/from spelling rules
In Spanish, curly hair is pelo rizado.
The phrase is used to describe hair that grows in spirals or curls rather than being straight. You can also refer to the individual curls themselves using the noun rizos.
Which one should you use?
While pelo rizado refers to hair in tight spirals, you should use pelo ondulado when describing wavy hair, which is less tight than the spirals of pelo rizado.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective rizado must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. For example, since pelo is masculine singular, you must use pelo rizado.
How do you pronounce it?
/pelo ɾiθado/
Did you know?
- The Spanish word for hair, pelo, shares a common ancestor with the English word 'pile', specifically referring to the 'fine, short hair' found on certain animals.
- In Spanish, the adjective rizado can also be used to describe other things that are crinkled or curled, such as certain types of leaves or ribbons.
- In some Caribbean dialects, people use the word colochos instead of rizos to refer to the individual curls of pelo rizado.
Examples in context
- Tom tiene pelo rizado.Tom has curly hair.This sentence shows how to use pelo rizado to describe someone's hair.Tatoeba #2810862 by nancy, translation #2548599 by CK
- Esa chica rubia con el pelo rizado es de Suecia.That blonde girl with curly hair is from Sweden.This sentence uses pelo rizado to describe a girl's hair.Tatoeba #3454999 by carlosalberto, translation #1739082 by Amastan
- Ella tiene el pelo rizadoShe has curly hair
- Mi hermana tiene cabello rizadoMy sister has curly hair
- Tienes un cabello rizado muy bonitoYou have very beautiful curly hair
- Esa melena de rizos te queda espectacularThat curly mane looks spectacular on you
- Mi hermano tiene el pelo rizado.My brother has curly hair.
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are talking about a new classmate.
- LucíaDaniel, ¿viste al chico nuevo?Daniel, did you see the new guy?
- DanielSí, es el que tiene el pelo rizado.Yes, he is the one with the curly hair.
- LucíaTiene un estilo muy moderno.He has a very modern style.
- DanielTienes razón, se ve muy bien.You are right, he looks very good.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries pelo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
