- deaf
- def
adjective1) (unable to hear: She has been deaf since birth.) sordo2) ((with to) refusing to understand or to listen: He was deaf to all arguments.) sordo•- deafness- deafen
- deafening
- deaf-mute
- fall on deaf ears
- turn a deaf ear to
deaf adj sordodeaftr[def]adjective1 sordo,-anoun the deaf1 los sordos nombre masculino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be be as deaf as a post estar más sordo,-a que una tapiato be deaf in one ear ser sordo,-a de un oídoto be deaf to something hacer oídos sordos a algoto be stone deaf estar más sordo,-a que una tapiato fall on deaf ears caer en oídos sordosto go deaf quedarse sordo,-ato turn a deaf ear hacerse el sordodeaf ['dɛf] adj: sordodeafadj.• sordo, -a adj.
I defadjectivea) sordoto go deaf — quedarse sordo
deaf and dumb — sordomudo
b) (unwilling to hear)to be deaf TO something — hacer* oídos sordos a algo
II
plural noun[def]the deaf — los sordos
1. ADJ(compar deafer) (superl deafest)1) (=unable to hear) sordodeaf in one ear — sordo de un oído
- be as deaf as a2) (=unwilling to hear)deaf to all appeals — sordo a todos los ruegos
- turn a deaf ear to sth2.NPLthe deaf los sordos mpl3.CPDdeaf aid N — audífono m, sonotone ® m
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I [def]adjectivea) sordoto go deaf — quedarse sordo
deaf and dumb — sordomudo
b) (unwilling to hear)to be deaf TO something — hacer* oídos sordos a algo
II
plural nounthe deaf — los sordos
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
