curly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɜːrli/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɝli/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kûr′lē)

Inflections of 'curly' (adj):
curlier
adj comparative
curliest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
curly adj (with curls)rizado/a adj
  con rizos loc adj
  (cola)enroscado adj
 Aaron has curly brown hair.
 Aaron tiene el pelo moreno y rizado.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
blue jasmine,
curly clematis n		 (flowering vine of southern US)jazmín azul loc nom m
curly bracket,
brace n		 (enclosing symbol) (puntuación)llave nf
curly endive,
frisée n		 (type of endive)escarola rizada loc nom f
curly fries npl (spiral-shaped thin fries) (AmL)papas fritas rizadas loc nom fpl
  (ES)patatas fritas rizadas loc nom fpl
curly hair n (frizzy or wavy hair)pelo rizado nm + adj
 Does she have a perm or naturally curly hair?
 ¿Lleva permanente o tiene pelo rizado natural?
  (AR)pelo enrulado nm + adj
 ¿Lleva permanente o tiene pelo enrulado natural?
  pelo crespo nm + adj
 ¿Lleva permanente o tiene el pelo crespo natural?
curly maple n (type of wood)madera veteada nf
curly walnut n (type of wood)nogal veteado nm
curly-haired,
curly haired adj		 (with curled hair)rizado/a adj
Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun.
 Shirley Temple was a curly-haired child star of the 1930s.
 Shirley Temple fue una niña estrella de cabello rizado en los años 1930.
  enrulado adj
 Shirley Temple fue una niña estrella de cabello enrulado en los años 1930.
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'curly' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bouclé - brace - frizzy - hair straightener - kinky - poodle dog - straight
Spanish:
chino - churrusco - crespo - encrespado - enrulado - ensortijado - grifo - rizado - col rizada - colocho - escarola - llave - rizar - rufo

Collocations: has (naturally) curly hair, has curly [blond, black, fair] hair, [blond, long, short, shoulder-length] curly hair, more...

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