sordo

deaf

sordo(sohr-doh)

adjective

1. (unable to hear)

a. deaf

Louis aprendió el lenguaje de señas porque es sordo.

Louis learned sign language because he is deaf.

b. hearing-impaired

Hay una nueva exposición para niños sordos en el museo.

There is a new exhibition for hearing-impaired children at the museum.

2. (muted)

a. muffled

La segunda flecha impactó con un ruido sordo cerca de la primera.

The second arrow struck with a muffled noise close to the first.

b. dull

Me despertó de nuevo el sordo rugido de las máquinas quitanieves.

I was awakened again by the dull roar of the snowplows.

3. (not sharp)

a. dull

Intentar estudiar con un dolor sordo es insoportable.

Trying to study with a dull pain is unbearable.

4. (linguistics)

a. voiceless

Las cuerdas vocales no vibran al pronunciar un sonido sordo.

Your vocal cords do not vibrate when you utter a voiceless sound.

masculine noun

5. (person)

a. deaf person

Vimos un sordo cantando con las manos.

We saw a deaf person singing with his hands.

b. deaf (collectively)

Hay una universidad para los sordos en Washington, D.C.

There is a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C.

sordo

adjective

1. (que no oye)

a. deaf

2. (fig)

a.

permanecer sordo a o ante algoto be deaf to something

estar más sordo que una tapiato be stone deaf

3. (pasos)

a. quiet, muffled

4. (ruido, dolor)

a. dull

5. (grammar)

a. voiceless, unvoiced

Noun

6. (persona)

a. deaf person

los sordosthe deaf

hacerse el sordoto turn a deaf ear

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sordoa sorda

adjective

1 [+persona] deaf

quedarse sordo to go deaf

mostrarse sordo a permanecer sordo a to be deaf to

se mostró sordo a sus súplicas he was deaf to her entreaties; her entreaties fell on deaf ears

a la sorda

a sordas

on the quiet; surreptitiously

sordo como una tapia as deaf as a post

2 (insonoro) [+ruido] dull; muffled; [+dolor] dull; [+emoción, ira] suppressed

3 (Lingüística) voiceless

deaf person

hacerse el sordo to pretend not to hear; turn a deaf ear