grimace

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.
2. (obsolete) Affectation, pretence.

Verb

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Conceptos

mueca

visaje

mohín

😡

gesto

hacer gestos

figura

gesticulación

hacer muecas

rictus

gesticular

cara

Sinónimos

frown

face

scowl

make faces

make a face

grin

😁

pull a face

sneer

glower

gesture

motion

glare

smirk

😏

mouth

mug

wince

raise eyebrows

sign

make/pull faces

grim look

mop

mow

rictus

risus

simper

snarl

snoot

squint

twisted

gurn

knit the brows

sullen face

grimace with the mouth

Traducciones

grimace

smorfia

Grimasse

Fratze

μορφασμός

μορφάζω

γκριμάτσα

careta

faire des grimaces

grimacer

ganyota

moue

😡

gezichten trekken

Grimassen schneiden

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɪm.əs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con inglés antiguo: grīma

In summary

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.