Translation for "beak-nosed" to spanish
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From the evidence of the oldest paintings and carvings, the Maya have always had hawk-beak noses and receding chins, and they have forever striven to enhance that resemblance to birds of prey.
Por la evidencia de las antiguas tallas y pinturas, los maya siempre tuvieron narices de pico de halcón y puntiagudas barbillas, y por siempre se empeñaron en aumentar esa semblanza con las aves de presa.
His face derived much of its character from an eagle-beaked nose that spoke of high birth and he carried himself with the assurance that came both from giving commands upon which other men’s lives depended and also knowing that they would always be obeyed.
Su rostro revelaba mucho de su carácter, con una nariz de pico de águila que hablaba de su alta cuna, se comportaba con la seguridad de quien está acostumbrado tanto a dar órdenes de las que dependían las vidas de otros hombres, como también a saber que siempre serían obedecidas.
One day, on an overgrown path, under a huge tree, we met Miss Kitty, the last of the Ashburns of Ashburn Park, a distracted and not very clean maiden lady with a great beaked nose and tangled hair, who talked to us calmly enough for a bit, then turned abruptly and ordered us off the estate, waving her arms and shouting.
Un día, en un sendero cubierto de malas hierbas, bajo un árbol inmenso, nos encontramos a la señorita Kitty, la última de los Ashburn de Ashburn Park, una dama soltera chiflada y no muy limpia, con una gran nariz de pico y el pelo revuelto, que nos habló bastante apaciblemente un rato y luego se dio vuelta de pronto y nos ordenó que saliésemos de la finca, agitando los brazos y gritando.
That beak-nosed youngster? We must follow him!
¿Ese jovencito de la nariz ganchuda? ¡Debemos seguirlo!
The eyes were bulbous, opalescent, and light as cornflowers, set wide apart on either side of a sharply beaked nose.
Los ojos saltones, opalescentes y claros como girasoles, estaban bien separados por la nariz ganchuda.
Terrible bands of scar tissue disfigured his face, and his beak nose was dark with broken blood vessels.
Franjas de tejido cicatricial le desfiguraban la cara y varios vasos sanguíneos rotos le oscurecían la nariz ganchuda.
Opposite him, on Ignatieff’s right, was a tall, bald, beak-nosed civilian, with his chin resting on his folded hands.
Frente a él, a la derecha de Ignatieff, se encontraba un civil alto, calvo, con la nariz ganchuda, la barbilla apoyada en las manos cruzadas.
There was a portrait of a peculiarly wizened girl with a beaked nose, parchment skin, prominent eyes, long hair that was obviously a wig.
Había una imagen de una muchacha especialmente marchita, con una nariz ganchuda, una piel apergaminada, unos ojos saltones y un largo cabello que era evidentemente una peluca.
his dark eyes flicked in Whistler’s direction and his beaked nose stood out sharply and prominently against the rectangle of window behind him.
Sus ojos oscuros parpadearon en dirección a Whistler y su nariz ganchuda resaltó prominente sobre el rectángulo de la ventana que estaba detrás de él.
He was short, with skin the color of leather, and he had black hair, a prominent broken beak nose, and a narrow jaw coming to a point like an arrowhead.
Era bajo, con la piel color cuero, y tenía el pelo negro y la nariz ganchuda y rota; su mandíbula, estrecha, terminaba en punta como de flecha.
Across from her, Laughing Sunshine moaned to herself, rocking back and forth on her heels, a grimace tightening her triangular face and beaked nose.
Amanecer Sonriente gemía frente a ella, bamboleándose adelante y atrás sobre sus talones, con su rostro triangular y su nariz ganchuda tensos en una mueca.
In the Court of Gentiles my steps took me past the whiskey stalls and I saw my beak-nosed friend still boldly hawking his wares.
En el Patio de los Gentiles mis pasos me llevaron ante los tenderetes de aguardiente, y vi a mi amigo de nariz ganchuda que seguía fanfarroneando acerca de sus mercancías.
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