sordo
Spanish, noun/ˈsoɾdo/
sordo is spelled S-O-R-D-O (5 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sordo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “deaf person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sordo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deaf
quedarse sordo
- 2
dull, muted
- 3
voiceless
- 4
dull
noun
- 1
masculinedeaf person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de quien no oye, o de quien no oye bien. 2. Sonido lingüístico que se produce sin la vibración de las cuerdas vocales. 3. Callado, silencioso y sin ruido. 4. Que suena poco o sin timbre claro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sordo
- sorda feminine
- sordos masculine plural
- sordas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sordo?
- /ˈsoɾdo/
- [ˈsoɾ.ð̞o]
- [ˈsoɾð̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sordo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sordo in Spanish?
sordo appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).