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Handsome is not a male equivalent of the word beautiful. Handsome man means just a physically attractive man. Beautiful means exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. Talking about a beautiful human being we mean that this person is very attractive, very pleasant to look at. A beautiful man is a very handsome man, extremely handsome man ...
I'd like to know if the adjectives 'beautiful' and 'handsome' are correct and natural in the contexts below. Please, take a look: a. She's beautiful both inside and outside. [= she has good qualities both in personality and physically.) b. He's handsome both inside and outside. [ = he has good qualities both in personality and physically.
Usually when the word gorgeous is used regarding a man, it is in one particular feature of his body. For example, he has a gorgeous head of hair, or his eyes are gorgeous. I don't believe I have ever heard a man called gorgeous except in the cases of Brad Pritt and George Clooney. Both both of whom were twice named Sexiest Man by People magazine.
One could speak of the features of a man's face using beautiful without any hesitation: John has a beautiful smile. William has such beautiful eyes. It is less common to describe a man's appearance as beautiful, although one might. If one did, the beauty of the appearance would not be based on stereotypical masculinity.
Hi Phil thank you for your response! In this sense I want to be a little poetic. It is a passage where some men are speaking in a derogatory way about another man (because of jealousy) and a young and beautiful woman who speaks broken English interrupts, saying partially in English / partially in French: "I always thought he was «really rather beautiful.»"
Bonjour. I am very new to French. I would like to know how to translate "I think you are a beautiful man." to french. I found the phrase "bel homme" for beautiful man, and I know that "tu" is you. Just not sure on how to put it all together.
I thought that "beautiful man" was a wrong translation for "hermoso hombre". I was taught that "beautiful" can be used only with things and women, and that I should use "handsome", "attractive" or "good looking" with men. Considering that the poster is from the USA, my question is: is it right or wrong to say "beautiful man"?
Beautiful man. Thread starter lestielala; Start date Aug 24, 2010; L. lestielala New Member. English Aug ...
That is a handsome man! (comune, fluente) That is a beautiful man! Più difficile - nel senso di comportamento, generosità - "beautiful" va bene. Nel senso della "bella figura" è possibile usare "beautiful", ma solitamente detto per le donne (penso). Aspettiamo LE opinioni delle donne!
In fact it has the same meaning for both genders, but I think speakers can feel this connotation, or this difference. If you say that a man is "maco", you understand that he is a nice person, but not necessarily good-looking. When describing women, it can be used in both meanings.