tenía el pelo

had ... hair

→ tener

phrase Rare #44,828

had ... hair Used to describe someone's hair in the past; the description follows the phrase.

SP: De niño, tenía el pelo rizado.

EN: As a child, I had curly hair.

Tenía el pelo gris.

She had gray hair.

Tenía el pelo blanco.

He had white hair.

Tenía el pelo moreno y largo.

She had long, dark hair.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Tenía el pelo castaño oscuro.

She had dark brown hair.

¿Y tenía el pelo así como yo?

And did he have hair like mine?

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

La Srta. Diciembre tenía el pelo negro.

Miss December had black hair.