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surdo.

deaf (unable to hear)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsuʁ.du/Brazil[ˈsuɦ.du]Brazil/ˈsuɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈsuʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. deaf (unable to hear)

    comparable
  2. faint, muffled

    comparable
  3. deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)

    comparable
  4. voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

    comparable
    Os fonemas /t/ e /f/ são surdos.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈsuʁ.du/Brazil[ˈsuɦ.du]Brazil/ˈsuɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈsuʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. deaf person

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

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈsuʁ.du/Brazil[ˈsuɦ.du]Brazil/ˈsuɾ.du/São-Paulo/ˈsuʁ.du/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of surdir

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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