While in TnT we speak in terms of fair skin, brown skin, red skin, dark skin and light skin much to my shagrin as I could never distinguish between the first 3 terms when asked to describe someone...lol...but just check out Brazils list below...lol! An extract taken from africasacountry/neymar-and-race-in-brazil/ Acastanhada Somewhat chestnut-coloured Agalegada Somewhat like a Galician Alva Snowy white Alva escura Dark snowy white Alvarenta (not in dictionary; poss. dialect) Snowy white Alvarinta Snowy white Alva rosada Pinkish white Alvinha Snowy white Amarela Yellow Amarelada Yellowish Amarela-queimada Burnt yellow Amarelosa Yellowy Amorenada Somewhat dark-skinned Avermelhada Reddish Azul Blue Azul-marinho Sea blue Baiano From Bahia Bem branca Very white Bem clara Very pale Bem morena Very dark-skinned Branca White Branca-avermelhada White going on for red Branca-melada Honey-coloured white Branca-morena White but dark-skinned Branca-pálida Pale white Branca-queimada Burnt white Branca-sardenta Freckled white Branca-suja Off-white Branquiça Whitish Branquinha Very white Bronze Bronze-coloured Bronzeada Sun-tanned Bugrezinha-escura Dark-skinned India Burro-quando-foge Disappearing donkey (i.e. nondescript) humorous Cabocla Copper-coloured ( refers to civilized Indians) Cabo-verde From Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) Café Coffee-coloured Café-com-leite Café au lait Canela Cinnamon Canelada Somewhat like cinnamon Cardão Colour of the cardoon, or thistle (blue-violet) Castanha Chestnut Castanha-clara Light chestnut Castanha-escura Dark chestnut Chocolate Chocolate-coloured Clara Light-coloured, pale Clarinha Light-coloured, pale Cobre Copper-coloured Corada With a high colour Cor-de-café Coffee-coloured Cor-de-canela Cinnamon-coloured Cor-de-cuia Gourd-coloured Cor-de-leite Milk-coloured (i.e. milk-white) Cor-de-ouro Gold-coloured (i.e. golden) Cor-de-rosa Pink Cor-firme Steady-coloured Crioula Creole Encerada Polished Enxofrada Pallid Esbranquecimento Whitening Escura Dark Escurinha Very dark Fogoió Having fiery-coloured hair Galega Galician or Portuguese Galegada Somewhat like a Galician or Portuguese Jambo Light-skinned (the colour of a type of apple) Laranja Orange Lilás Lilac Loira Blonde Loira-clara Light blonde Loura Blonde Lourinha Petite blonde Malaia Malaysian woman Marinheira Sailor-woman Marrom Brown Meio-amarela Half-yellow Meio-branca Half-white Meio-morena Half dark-skinned Meio-preta Half-black Melada Honey-coloured Mestiça Half-caste/mestiza Miscigenação Miscegenation Mista Mixed Morena Dark-skinned, brunette Morena-bem-chegada Very nearly morena Morena-bronzeada Sunburnt morena Morena-canelada Somewhat cinnamon-coloured morena Morena-castanha Chestnut-coloured morena Morena-clara Light-skinned morena Morena-cor-de-canela Cinnamon-coloured morena Morena-jambo Light-skinned morena Morenada Somewhat morena Morena-escura Dark morena Morena-fechada Dark morena Morenão Dark-complexioned man Morena-parda Dark morena Morena-roxa Purplish morena Morena-ruiva Red-headed morena Morena-trigueira Swarthy, dusky morena Moreninha Petite morena Mulata Mulatto girl Mulatinha Little mulatto girl Negra Negress Negrota Young negress Pálida Pale Paraíba From Paraíba Parda Brown Parda-clara Light brown Parda-morena Brown morena Parda-preta Black-brown Polaca Polish woman Pouco-clara Not very light Pouco-morena Not very dark-complexioned Pretinha Black – either young, or small Puxa-para-branco Somewhat towards white Quase-negra Almost negro Queimada Sunburnt Queimada-de-praia Beach sunburnt Queimada-de-sol Sunburnt Regular Regular, normal Retinta Deep-dyed, very dark Rosa Rose-coloured (or the rose itself) Rosada Rosy Rosa-queimada Sunburnt-rosy Roxa Purple Ruiva Redhead Russo Russian Sapecada Singed Sarará Yellow-haired negro Saraúba (poss. dialect) Untranslatable Tostada Toasted Trigo Wheat Trigueira Brunette Turva Murky Verde Green Vermelha Red
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:19:30 +0000
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