sordo

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

• Rhymes: -ordo

sordo (feminine singular 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)

sordo m (plural sordi, feminine sorda)

1. A deaf person

• dorso

From Latin soldus, from solidus. Compare Italian soldo.

sordo m

1. A coin
2. money

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

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

1. deaf

   quedarse sordo – to go deaf

   hacerse el sordo – to pretend to not hear

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

• (deaf): oyente
• (voiceless, as in a consonant): sonoro

• asordar
• sorda
• sordera
• sordomudo

• absurdo
• ensordecer
• sordina

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

1. deaf person

• oyente