sordo
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sordo
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin surdus (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordi, feminine plural sorde)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
NounEdit
sordo m (plural sordi, feminine sorda)
AnagramsEdit
NeapolitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian soldo, itself from solidus (“gold coin”).
NounEdit
sordo m
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Spanish sordo, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare English surd.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordos, feminine plural sordas)
- deaf
- quedarse sordo ― to go deaf
- hacerse el sordo ― to pretend not to hear
- Antonym: oyente
- (of a sound) dull, muted
- (phonetics) voiceless
AntonymsEdit
- (voiceless, as in a consonant): sonoro
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Related termsEdit
NounEdit
sordo m (plural sordos, feminine sorda, feminine plural sordas)
Further readingEdit
- “sordo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014