5.2 – Facial Features and Skin Color/Complexion

Let’s first start with some more facial features:

vrásky – wrinkles

pihy – freckles

dolíčky – dimples

vousy (frequently pronounced fousy) – facial hair

As you can see in the examples below, it is typical just to say that a person has these features:

Additionally, if we wish to talk about a person’s skin color/complexion, we use the word pleť (f.) ‘complexion’:

světlá pleť – light complexion / light-colored skin

tmavá pleť – dark complexion / dark-colored skin

Additionally, you can describe someone as being bledý ‘pale’

Images used in this document come from these sources.