surdo
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English
Noun
surdo (plural surdos)
- A type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.
Anagrams
Istriot
Etymology
Adjective
surdo
Latin
Adjective
surdō
Neapolitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
surdo (feminine singular sorda, masculine plural surde, feminine plural sorde)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 190: “sorda; sorda; sordi; sorde” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “surdo-sórda”, in Schedario Napoletano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo, from Latin surdus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
Adjective
surdo (feminine surda, masculine plural surdos, feminine plural surdas, comparable, comparative mais surdo, superlative o mais surdo or surdíssimo)
- deaf (unable to hear)
- (of a sound) faint, muffled
- deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
- (phonetics) voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
Noun
surdo m (plural surdos, feminine surda, feminine plural surdas)
- deaf person
- Antonym: ouvinte
- (music) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
surdo
Further reading
- “surdo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024