gris

/ˈɡɾis/, [ˈɡɾis]

gray, grey


Examples
  • Le encantaba mirar el cielo gris con el sol asomándose entre las nubes espesas.

    He loved looking at grey sky with the sun peeking through the thick clouds.

  • Un burro es gris.

    A donkey is gray.

  • Aunque es joven, tiene la barba gris.

    Although he's young, he has a grey beard.

  • Rubia platinada es una mujer cuyo cabello es tan rubio que parece tener el color gris como el platino.

    A platinum blonde is a woman whose hair is so blonde that it seems to have the same grey colour as platinum.

  • Es mucho mejor atreverse a cosas grandes, a ganar gloriosos triunfos aún si son accidentados por el fracaso, que estar entre esos pobres espíritus que viven en la penumbra gris ajena de la victoria o la derrota.

    Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

  • Él tenía pelo gris.

    He had gray hair.

  • Aun cuando lo pienses de una forma muy corriente, la vida sin risa es gris y fría. Más aun, se piensa que no sea sana.

    Even when you think about it in a very commonsensical way, a life without laughter is gloomy and cold. Furthermore, it is thought to be unhealthy.

  • Está muy gris fuera.

    It's very gray outside.


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