surdo

Adj

1. (comparable) deaf (unable to hear)
2. (comparable) faint, muffled
3. (comparable) deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
4. (comparable) voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Noun

1. (masculine) deaf person
2. (masculine) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of surdir

surdir

1. to emerge from the earth like a spring
2. to sprout
3. to appear; to show up; to protrude
4. to come forward; to advance
5. to result

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Opposite of

sonoro, vozeado, ouvinte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsuʁ.du/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: surdus

In summary

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

Concepts

deaf

voiceless

hard of hearing

indifferent

in part

lacking

mute

🔇

surd

unvoiced

deaf person

hearing impaired

deafness

auditory impairment

hearing disability

Mutt and Jeff

aurally challenged

blunt

Mutton Jeff

hard

hearing impairment

Synonyms

cego

embotado

mouco

obtuso

surda

Perturbação auditiva

Surdez

deficiência auditiva

Translations

sourd

sordo

sordo

taub

doof

sord

głuchy

dove

🧏

kerr

κουφός

sağır

أصم

gehörlos

surdus

guhgiran