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sordo

deaf

Adjective sordo (feminine 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

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

  1. deaf person

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Examples

  • La nieve que se había estado acumulando en el tejado por la noche cayó con un ruido sordo.

    The snow that had piled up on the roof at night came down with a thud.

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  • No hay más sordo que el que no quiere escuchar.

    There's no one more deaf than he who does not want to listen.

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  • No puedo oír nada. Estoy sordo.

    I cannot hear anything. I'm deaf.

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  • ¿Preferirías estar ciego o estar sordo?

    Would you rather be blind or be deaf?

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  • Él está sordo, pero sabe leer los labios.

    He is deaf, but knows how to read lips.

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  • No hay peor sordo que quien no quiere oír.

    There is no deafness worse than that of a person who doesn't want to hear.

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  • ¿Eres sordo?

    Are you deaf?

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  • ¿Acaso eres sordo?

    Are you deaf?

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  • Él también era sordo.

    He was also deaf.

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  • Él es ciego, sordo y mudo.

    He's blind, deaf and mute.

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