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If you’re like me, you are already panicked before you even walk in to the front door of a salon.  On that dreadful day, I have visions of walking out of the hairdresser in Spain looking as if I’ve played on a Canadian hockey team for years. Yeah, the mullet after four years is still going strong, and is still unattractive as ever!

This is partially why I have continually grown out my hair hoping to avoid the inevitable. Unsure of what vocabulary to convey my my desires or wants, I typically end up avoiding the entire process, ensuring I won’t look like an offspring of a KISS member.

That said, I did take the plunge yesterday and went in for my first haircut in quite some time. With light brown hair streaming half way down my back, I was promptly told that it all most go. “Guapa, el pelo es muy seco y tenemos que cortar casi todo.” I have to cut it all?! (Flickr photo by Mr. Juninho)

But life is short, convincing me to go with her expert opinion. Dressed as a pinup girl with bright orange hair rolled in front to small bowtie hair pin, pale skin, bright red lipstick, a mid-knee skirt with suspenders and a corset with fishnet stockings and 2 inch high heels, I was happy to be in Mari Carmen’s hands. She looked adorable, and with her thick Andalusian accent, I couldn’t say no.

However, I did have my limits. I made it clear that I was happy to go “corto“, but that I would not have it layered “con capas“, no bangs “flequillo” and absolutely no mullet! Fortunately, all came out well in the end, and you can see a photo here!

But as I wish you all the luck in the world with your hairdresser experience, I’ve included a list of words you may want to keep handy the next time you decide to take the plunge

Vocabulary (There are two errors on the list. Can you find them?)

bristle (of hairbrush) – cerdo

brittle – quebradizo, frágil

brown (hair color) – castaño, marrón, café

brunette (hair color) – de pelo oscuro, moreno, morocho

brush (noun) – cepillo

brush (verb) – cepillar

brush one’s hair – cepillarse el pelo

champagne blonde (hair color) – rubio champaña

change (verb) – cambiar

chocolate (hair color) – chocolate

curl (noun) – rizo, bucle, chino, rulo, crespo, enrulado

curl, curling (act, service) – rizado, encrespado, ondulado, enchinado

curling iron – tenazas, plancha rizadora, plancha de pelo, planchita, tenacilla, rizador de pelo, pinza para rizar

curls (noun) – rizos, bucles

curly (hair) – rizado, rizoso, colocho, enrulado, ondulado, ensortijado, chino, marruco, crespo

cut (noun) – corte (de pelo)

cut (verb) – cortar

dandruff – caspa

dark (color) – oscuro

do (one’s hair or nails) – arreglarse

do one’s hair – peinars

dryer (noun) – secadora, secador

drying the hair – secado de pelo

dryness – resequedad, sequedad

dye (noun) – tinte, tintura, colorante, color, baño de color

dye (verb) – teñir, tintar, tinturar, pintar

dye one’s hair blonde – pintar el pelo de rubio

ends – puntas

even (uniform length) – parejo

extensions – extensiones, prórrogas, postizos

gray-haired (hair color) – canoso

graying – entrecano, canoso

greasy – grasa, grasiento, aceitoso

greasy roots – raices grasas

hair (on head) – pelo, cabello, melena

hair appointment – hora en la peluquería, cita con la estilista

hair clip (ornamental) – gancho, mariposas, pasador, pinche, clipe

hair dresser, hairdresser – peluquera, estilista, peinadora

hair dryer (with hood) – secador, secador de pelo, secador de casco, secador de pie, “el yumbo”

hairspray, hair spray – fijador, laca, espray de pelo

highlights – iluminaciones, reflejos, luces, mechas

hot – calor

hot comb – peine caliente, peine alisador

hot rollers – rolos calientes

how much does X cost? – ¿cuánto cuesta X?

how much would X cost? – ¿cuánto costaría X?

in back – por detrás

in front – por delante

in layers – en capas, a capas

light hair – pelo claro, cabello claro

lighten (hair) – aclarar

lighter – más claro

limp (hair) – débil, lambio

on the side – por el lado

on top – arriba, por encima

outwards – hacia afuera, “co

part (noun) (in hair) – partido, raya

part (verb) (hair) – partir, hacer la raya

red (hair color) – rojo, pelirrojo, rojizo

red-haired (adj) – pelirrojo, colorín

redhead, red head (noun) – pelirroja, colorina

reddish (color) – rojizo

reddish blonde (hair color) – rubio rojizo

reddish brown (hair color) – castaño rojizo

roots – raices

shampoo and set – lavado y estilazado, lavado y marcado

shade (of color) – tono, matiz

shape (noun) – forma

shape (verb) – moldear

shears – tijeras

shed (hair) – perder pelos

short – corto

short hair – pelo corto

short-haired – pelicorta

shorter – más corto

shoulders – hombros

shoulder-length – hasta los hombros

Any words I’m missing?

Saludos,

Gabriella

Gabriella Opaz is co-founder of Catavino.net – a website dedicated to Spanish and Portuguese wine

Tags: Hair, haircut, Hairstyle, vocabulary

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