Sordo in english
pronunciation: def part of speech: adjective, noun
sordo = deaf.
Example: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.more:
» caer en oídos sordos = fall (up)on + deaf ears ; meet + deaf ears .
Example: I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson. Example: The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.» con un ruido sordo = plump .
Example: She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable.» golpe sordo = plonk ; plunk .
Example: Suddenly, sitting down with a plonk in her dining room, I felt certain at last that I knew what I had been looking for. Example: Then she picked up a stone off the sand and tossed it in the lake with a plunk.» hacer oídos sordos = turn + a deaf ear to .
Example: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor.» hacerse el sordo = turn + a deaf ear to ; pretend + not to have heard ; turn + a blind eye to ; close + Posesivo + ears to ; close + Posesivo + eyes to .
Example: This is not simply another story of the powerful and comfortable turning a deaf ear to the cries of the sick and poor. Example: The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard. Example: Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be. Example: She closed her ears to fact that Mr. Jackson overdosed. Example: Sometimes justice closes her eyes to the truth.» más sordo que una tapia = as deaf as a post .
Example: He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.» oídos sordos = deaf ears .
Example: The article is entitled 'Deaf ears in Brussels: what Europe could learn from Colombia and other places'.» ruido sordo = thud .
Example: Soon the hills began to echo with the thud of the woodsman's axe and a sawmill was erected.» ruido sordo y fuerte = thumping noise .
Example: There is a thumping noise under the car that sounds like someone is hammering.» servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos = library services for the deaf [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.» sonido sordo y fuerte = thumping sound .
Example: Survivors spoke of a loud thumping sound and then a sudden lurch by the boat to one side.» sordo como una tapia = stone deaf .
Example: In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness that left him stone deaf.» sordos, los = deaf, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; deafened people .
Example: One service for the deaf is addition of sign language or subtitles to films. Example: In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.» tan sordo como una tapia = as deaf as a post .
Example: He is as deaf as a post and should have retired years ago.