Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Patilla (lateral)

English translation:

locks (at the sides the face) / side locks

Added to glossary by Pedro Monreal Marmol
Mar 6, 2009 13:05
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Patilla (lateral)

Spanish to English Other Cosmetics, Beauty Hairdressing
En un texto sobre técnicas de peluquería:
"...3. En el área de patillas con caída natural y ligero alargamiento hacia la cara, tomando como mecha guía la zona larga del bob..."

Pero el cliente me comenta que no es "sideburn" porque este término hace referencia a las patillas de hombre, y lo que buscan es el pelo que cae en las mujeres por esa zona igualmente. ?????? I'm lost...

Discussion

Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 6, 2009:
Se me ocurre que podríamos evitar el problema al hablar de esa parte de la cara en lugar de ese fenómeno de producción de pelo... qué te parece?

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locks (at the sides the face)

hmmm...how about trying this one on for size? (term turned up once in a beauty-salon brochure!)

(also "side locks")

http://www.hairfinder.com/haircollections6/jackholt2.htm
http://www.syl.com/hb/typesoflonghairstyling.html
http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip5821.htm
http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2007/12/glamorous-p...
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/short-and-sassy-haird...

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-06 14:25:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped! :)
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spit curls

Maybe...

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q="spit curl"&um=1&ie=...

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http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-spit-curls.htm
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side bangs

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sideburns

Sideburns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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7 Jan 2008 ... Sideburns are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of a man's face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideburns - 65k

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Note added at 34 mins (2009-03-06 13:39:49 GMT)
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I know ... my husband wore sideburns in the 60's. :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Stuart Allsop : Absolutely!
263 days
Many thanks Stuart! :)
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