Deaf in spanish
pronunciation: soʊɹ̩doʊ part of speech: adjective, noun
deaf = sordo.
Example: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.more:
» as deaf as a post = más sordo que una tapia, tan sordo como una tapia.
Example: He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.» deaf and dumb = sordomudo.
Example: The author challenges librarians to explore ways and means of extending library facilities to the disadvantaged -- physically handicapped, blind, and deaf and dumb.» deaf ears = oídos sordos.
Example: The article is entitled 'Deaf ears in Brussels: what Europe could learn from Colombia and other places'.» deaf mute = sordomudo.
Example: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.» deaf, the = sordos, los. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: One service for the deaf is addition of sign language or subtitles to films.» fall (up)on + deaf ears = caer en oídos sordos, hacer caso omiso, ser como predicar en el desierto, caer en el vacío, caer en saco roto.
Example: I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson.» library services for the deaf = servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos. [Servicios que una biblioteca presta para facilitar y posibilitar el uso de la biblioteca y de su material por los lectores con problemas auditivos]
Example: This article suggests low cost solutions to improve library services for the deaf.» meet + deaf ears = caer en oídos sordos, hacer caso omiso, ser como predicar en el desierto, caer en el vacío, caer en saco roto.
Example: The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.» stone deaf = sordo como una tapia.
Example: In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness that left him stone deaf.» turn + a deaf ear to = ignorar, hacerse el sordo, hacerse el loco, hacer oídos sordos.
Example: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.» words + fall on + deaf ears = palabras + caer en + saco roto.
Example: But her words fell on deaf ears: The two employees remained adamant -- either Florence worked overtime too, or they would not.