surdo.
deaf (unable to hear)
Meaning & usage
deaf (unable to hear)
faint, muffled
deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
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”).
deaf person
floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo, from Latin surdus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
first-person singular present indicative of surdir
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