Help with a definition please.

Question

I'm doing this for my english class. I know how to say "cetrino/a" in english but what is the definition of it? The word in english is sallow. I am reading something in english but dont know the meaning of it. It says:

I would not have minded if the evil professor (from harry potter) Professor Snape had not had a hook nose, greasy black hair, and sallow skin - standard features of the rapacious Jew - or if the chief villain of the "Sorcerer's stone" had not wornm a purple turban, been prone to faint and weep, and had the name Quirrell, which is rather close to "queer."

Answer 1

A sallow complexion is one that is lacking in colour or is yellowish.

Other similar words are:

jaundiced - pallid - wan - pale - waxen - anaemic - pasty

and there are some others.

Never seen the word "wan" before. - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 7, 2010

Answer 2

El diccionario de la RAE es maravilloso para este tipo de dudas.

Aquí puedes conseguir la definición de "Cetrino"