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deaf* * *sordo agg.1 deaf: sordo da un orecchio, deaf in one ear // sordo come una campana, as deaf as a (door) post // fare il sordo, to turn a deaf ear (to sthg.)2 (fig.) ( insensibile) deaf; indifferent, insensitive: fu sordo a tutti i miei ammonimenti, he was deaf to all my warnings3 (di suono, rumore) dull, hollow, muffled: rumore sordo, dull (o hollow) noise; suono sordo, dull (o hollow o muffled) sound; colpo sordo, dull (o muffled) blow; cadde con un colpo sordo, it fell with a thump (o thud) // sala sorda, echoless (o echo-proof) room4 ( di dolore) dull5 ( nascosto, subdolo) veiled, secret; underhand, sly: opposizione sorda, underhand opposition; ostilità sorda, veiled hostility // guerra sorda, secret war◆ s.m. deaf person; pl. the deaf // parlare ai sordi, (fig.) to waste one's breath // non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire, (prov.) none so deaf as those that will not hear.* * *['sordo] sordo (-a)1. agg1) (persona) deaf3) Fonetica voiceless2. sm/f* * *['sordo] 1.1) deafehi, sei sordo? — iron. hey, cloth ears! hey, are you deaf or what?
2) fig. (insensibile) deaf, insensitive, indifferent (a to)rumore sordo — thud, thump
6) fon. voiceless, unvoiced2.••non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire — prov. there are none so deaf as those who will not hear. Come al posto di sordo si usa spesso in italiano l'espressione non udente, anche l'equivalente inglese deaf può essere sostituito da hearing-impaired
* * *sordo/'sordo/1 deaf; diventare sordo to go deaf; essere sordo da un orecchio to be deaf in one ear; ehi, sei sordo? iron. hey, cloth ears! hey, are you deaf or what?2 fig. (insensibile) deaf, insensitive, indifferent (a to)6 fon. voiceless, unvoiced(f. -a) deaf person; i -i the deafdialogo tra -i dialogue of the deaf; fare il sordo to turn a deaf ear; essere sordo come una campana to be as deaf as a post; parlare ai -i to waste one's breath; non c'è peggior sordo di chi non vuol sentire prov. there are none so deaf as those who will not hear. Come al posto di sordo si usa spesso in italiano l'espressione non udente, anche l'equivalente inglese deaf può essere sostituito da hearing-impaired.
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