sordo

Asturian

Adjective

sordo

1. neuter of sordu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin surdus (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.do/
• Rhymes: -ordo
• Hyphenation: sór‧do

Adjective

sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordi, feminine plural sorde)

1. deaf
2. muffled (sound)
3. dull (pain)
4. veiled (threat etc.)
5. silent, hidden
6. voiceless (phonetics)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sordamente
• sordina
• sordino
• sordomuto

Noun

sordo m (plural sordi, feminine sorda)

1. a deaf person

Anagrams

• dorso

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Italian soldo, itself from solidus (“gold coin”).

Noun

sordo m

1. A coin
2. money

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sordo, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). Compare English surd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾdo/ [ˈsoɾ.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -oɾdo
• Syllabification: sor‧do

Adjective

sordo (feminine sorda, masculine plural sordos, feminine plural sordas)

1. deaf

   quedarse sordo ― to go deaf

   hacerse el sordo ― to pretend not to hear

   Antonym: oyente

2. (of a sound) dull, muted
3. (phonetics) voiceless

Antonyms

• (voiceless, as in a consonant): sonoro

Derived terms

• a palabras necias, oídos sordos
• asordar
• hacer oídos sordos
• ruido sordo
• sorda
• sordera
• sordomudo

 

Related terms

• absurdo
• ensordecer
• sordina

 

Noun

sordo m (plural sordos, feminine sorda, feminine plural sordas)

1. deaf person

   Antonym: oyente

Further reading

• “sordo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014