sordo
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
sordo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin surdus (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordi, feminine plural sorde)
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Derived terms
Noun edit
sordo m (plural sordi, feminine sorda)
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Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
From Italian soldo, itself from solidus (“gold coin”).
Noun edit
sordo m
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish sordo, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare English surd.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordos, feminine plural sordas)
- deaf
- Antonym: oyente
- quedarse sordo ― to go deaf
- hacerse el sordo ― to pretend not to hear
- (of a sound) dull, muted
- (phonetics) voiceless
- (of pain) dull
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "voiceless, as in a consonant"): sonoro
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Noun edit
sordo m (plural sordos, feminine sorda, feminine plural sordas)
Further reading edit
- “sordo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014