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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesafilado
Native Script:de cara afilada
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-fee-lah-doh
"El hombre de cara afilada nos miró fijamente."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a thin, sharp, angular face.
"The detective had a hatchet-faced look that made him appear perpetually stern and unyielding." - 2
Characterized by harsh or severe facial features.
"She peered through the window with her hatchet-faced expression, scaring the local children."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'hatchet' (from Middle English 'hachett', ultimately of Germanic origin via Old French) combined with 'faced' (from Old English 'ansyn' or 'face'). Coined in the 19th century to visually compare the sharp, angular profile of a person's face to the narrow, thin blade of a hatchet.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hatchet-faced" is said worldwide
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au visage émacié
Transliteration: oh vee-zahzh ay-mah-syay
"Il avait l'air sévère avec son visage émacié."
sch脸ig / scharf geschnitten
Transliteration: sharfs-ge-shni-ten
Script: scharfgeschnitten
"Der Mann mit dem scharfgeschnittenen Gesicht musterte uns."
dal viso affilato
Transliteration: dahl vee-zo ah-fee-lah-to
"L'uomo dal viso affilato entrò nella stanza."
afilado
Transliteration: ah-fee-lah-doh
Script: de cara afilada
"El hombre de cara afilada nos miró fijamente."
de rosto afilado
Transliteration: djee hohs-too ah-fee-lah-doo
"Ele era um homem magro e de rosto afilado."
तीखे नैन-नक्श वाला
Transliteration: teekhe nain-naksh wala
"वह तीखे नैन-नक्श वाला एक सख्त आदमी था।"
面容消瘦的
Transliteration: miànróng xiāoshòu de
"那个面容消瘦的人冷冷地看着我们。"
날카로운 인상의
Transliteration: nalkaroun insang-ui
"그는 날카로운 인상의 얼굴로 우리를 바라보았다."
面長の鋭い顔立ちの
Transliteration: omotena no surudoi kaodachi no
"彼は鋭い顔立ちをした厳しい表情の男だった。"
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