Translation examples
noun
Cuando terminó buscó una navaja y lo afeitó.
When she had finished she found a cosmetic razor and shaved his beard.
La cara sin maquillaje necesitaba y no necesitaba los afeites, no importaba.
Her face, devoid of makeup, both needed and didn’t need cosmetics—they were irrelevant.
Sus otras compañeras de celda eran como una docena de mujeres, de edades diversas y más llenas de colorido en atuendo y afeites.
Their colleagues were another dozen women, of various ages and far more colorful in their accoutrements and cosmetics.
No fumaba, no chupaba caramelos, no mascaba goma, ni hacía uso de afeites… Las preguntas se sucedían sin interrupción.
She did not smoke, eat sweets, chew gum, use cosmetics.… The questions went on and on.
Desde aquí, en cambio, la perspectiva cambiaba; la podredumbre aparecía por todas partes y las imperfecciones resaltaban como en una ramera vieja y sin afeites.
From this vantage the perspective changed, for the rot was everywhere and the flaws showed like an old whore without her cosmetics.
El sol de Tamarisk le había proporcionado afeites gratuitos de tono tostado oscuro para la piel de melocotón y mechas claras para el cabello.
The sun on Tamarisk had provided her with the free cosmetics of a dark, fruit-skin tan and a natural bleach of her hair.
¿Dónde quedó la ropa de la mujer, sus afeites (si los había), sus elementales posesiones: pasta y cepillo de dientes, horquillas, cepillo, peine?
Where were her clothes, her cosmetics (if she had any), her basic possessions: dentifrice and toothbrush, hairpins, brush, comb?
el mosquitero de gasas de novia, las ricas vestiduras de pasamanería, el lavatorio de alabastro con numerosos pomos de perfumes y afeites alineados en un orden marcial sobre el tocador;
the mosquito netting made of bridal tulle, the rich hangings of passementerie, the alabaster washstand and numerous bottles of perfumes and cosmetics lined in martial order on the dressing table;
Estaba vestida de domingo con volantes de organza, y acicalada con afeites y bálsamos de moda, y lo único que tenía de loca era un sombrero de grandes alas con peces y pájaros de trapo.
She was dressed for Sunday in organza flounces, and brightened by the latest cosmetics and ointments, and the only sign of her madness was a hat with an enormous brim trimmed in fabric fish and birds.
noun
No le gustó a Yasín ver su cara y su cuello cubiertos de afeites;
He was not comfortable with the makeup he observed on her face and neck.
—Entonces mira a Hetara al amanecer, sin los afeites de la noche. ¿Qué vas a ver?
“Then take a look at Hetara at dawn, without the night’s makeup. What will you see?
Mostraba una delgadez extrema, pero no especialmente interesante ni espectacular, sobre la cual el color de la tez resplandecía como un afeite;
It was upon frail, though hardly interesting or spectacular features that this color bloomed like makeup;
Ella se apoyaba en el brazo del médico. Aparecía vestida, recién peinada y su rostro estaba libre de afeites.
She hung on the doctor’s arm, dressed and freshly groomed and empty-faced under her makeup.
Me miraban por entre su espesa capa de afeites como si hubiese pasado una mala noche y me considerase responsable.
They looked at me through her mask of makeup as if she had had a bad night and I had been responsible for it.
Sus verdaderos afeites, sin embargo, Diana sólo se los confiaba a Azucena, su secretaria, dama de compañía, cocinera y masajista catalana.
But Diana would trust her real makeup only to Azucena, a Catalan, her secretary, lady’s maid, cook, and masseuse.
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