pigtail

[US]/'pɪgteɪl/
[UK]/'pɪɡtel/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en frisure, hvor håret er delt og snoet i to sektioner, der ligner en svinesvans.
Word Forms
Pluralpigtails

Example Sentences

She tied her hair up in a pigtail.

Hun satte sit hår op i en fletning.

The little girl had cute pigtails.

Den lille pige havde søde fletninger.

He grabbed onto her pigtail and gave it a playful tug.

Han greb fat i hendes fletning og gav den et legende træk.

Pigtails are a popular hairstyle for young girls.

Fletninger er en populær frisure for unge piger.

She wore a ribbon in her pigtail.

Hun havde et bånd i sin fletning.

The pigtail swayed as she walked.

Fletningen svajede, mens hun gik.

Her hair was long enough to put into a pigtail.

Hendes hår var langt nok til at sætte i en fletning.

The little boy's mother braided his hair into pigtails.

Drengens lille mors mor flettede hans hår i fletninger.

She looked adorable with her hair in pigtails.

Hun så yndig ud med sit hår i fletninger.

The pigtail came undone as she ran.

Fletningen blev løs, da hun løb.

Real-world Examples

It's a great bound pigtail, ferociously uncomfortable probably, and requires what we call a hair extension.

Det er en fantastisk, stramt bundet hestehale, sandsynligvis frygteligt ubehagelig, og kræver det, vi kalder en hårforlængelse.

Source: Oxford University's "The Beautiful Princess"

If you were in school, you'd be pulling her pigtails and pushing her down now.

Hvis du gik i skole, ville du trække i hendes hestehale og skubbe hende ned nu.

Source: Friends Season 3

Now we've got to get that hair into pigtails.

Nu skal vi have det hår op i hestehale.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

She was a little girl with blue eyes and a flaxen pigtail.

Hun var en lille pige med blå øjne og en blond hestehale.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

" You definitely think it is Potter, then, Ernie? " said a girl with blonde pigtails anxiously.

« Er du sikker på, at det er Potter, så, Ernie? » spurgte en pige med blonde hestehale bekymret.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

So, " pigtails" is a hairstyle -hello, marker -like this.

Så, " hestehale " er en frisure -hej, marker -ligesom denne.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Ronnie - Vocabulary

Ermengarde shook her head so that the pigtail wobbled.

Ermengarde rystede på hovedet, så hestehalen gyngede.

Source: The Little Princess (Original Version)

Look at my little pigtails. - Now I'm the prettiest one.

Se på mine små hestehale. - Nu er jeg den pæneste.

Source: Buzzfeed Women's Fashion Talk

During the day, she opts for more casual hairstyles like pigtails and braids.

I løbet af dagen vælger hun mere afslappede frisurer som hestehale og fletninger.

Source: Fashion experts interpret film and television dramas.

Pigs definitely have tails, but the tails on pigs are spirally or curly, but this hairstyle that I have is called a pigtail.

Grise har helt sikkert haler, men halerne på grise er spiralformede eller krøllede, men denne frisure, jeg har, kaldes en hestehale.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

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