sallow

• Describe el color o tono de la piel de una persona, que es pálido, amarillento o poco saludable.

Describes a person's complexion or skin tone that is of a pale, yellowish, or unhealthy color.

1. Unhealthy complexionB2formal

   Having a pale, yellowish, or sickly skin tone, often indicating poor health or fatigue.

   cutis cetrino o enfermizo

   • After weeks of illness, his face looked sallow and tired.
   • The doctor noted her sallow complexion and ordered blood tests.
   • He had a sallow appearance from working night shifts.

   Sinónimosashendrawnjaundicedpalepallidpeakysicklywanyellowish

   Antónimosfloridruddy

• Sustantivo que designa cualquiera de varios sauces arbustivos de hoja ancha del Viejo Mundo, que producen grandes amentos; algunas especies son fuentes importantes de corteza curtiente y carbón vegetal.

A noun referring to any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows that produce large catkins; some species are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.

1. A type of willow shrubC1formalbritish

   Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.

   Sauce mimbrero

   • The sallow grows abundantly along the riverbanks in England.
   • They harvested the sallow for its bark, which is used in tanning leather.
   • The catkins of the sallow appear early in the spring.

• Verbo obsoleto que significa volverse pálido o amarillento, o hacer que algo adquiera un tono pálido y amarillento; en español no tiene uso moderno.

An obsolete verb meaning to become sallow or to make sallow; to turn a pale, yellowish color. No longer in modern use.

1. Cause to become sallowC1formal

   To make something, especially the skin or complexion, take on a yellowish or pale color.

   Poner cetrino

   • The harsh winter sun had sallowed his skin.
   • Years of illness had sallowed her once rosy cheeks.
   • The poor diet sallowed his complexion over time.

   Sinónimosblanchetiolatejaundicepaleyellow

   Antónimosblushcolorflushreddenrosytint