AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sordo

  1. neuter of sordu

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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 termsEdit

NounEdit

sordo m (plural sordi, feminine sorda)

  1. a deaf person

AnagramsEdit

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

sordo m

  1. A coin
  2. money

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoɾdo/ [ˈsoɾ.ð̞o]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾdo
  • Syllabification: sor‧do

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. deaf
    quedarse sordoto go deaf
    hacerse el sordoto pretend not to hear
    Antonym: oyente
  2. (of a sound) dull, muted
  3. (phonetics) voiceless

AntonymsEdit

  • (voiceless, as in a consonant): sonoro

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. deaf person
    Antonym: oyente

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