surdo
Portuguese, noun/ˈsuʁ.du/
surdo is spelled S-U-R-D-O (5 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surdo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deaf person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of surdir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que não ouve ou ouve mal”.
What does surdo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deaf (unable to hear)
- 2
faint, muffled
- 3
deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
- 4
voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
Os fonemas /t/ e /f/ são surdos.
noun
- 1
masculinedeaf person
- 2
masculinefloor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of surdir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está privado, no todo ou em parte, do sentido da audição 2. que não se ouve ou sente 3. calado, silencioso 4. pouco sonoro
noun: 1. o que não ouve ou ouve mal 2. indivíduo desprovido do sentido de audição 3. instrumento musical de percussão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surdo
- surda feminine
- surdos masculine plural
- surdas feminine plural
- mais surdo comparative
- o mais surdo superlative
- surdíssimo superlative
- sôrdo alternative
- xôrdo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surdo?
- Brazil /ˈsuʁ.du/
- Brazil [ˈsuɦ.du]
- /ˈsuɾ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to surdo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surdo in Portuguese?
surdo appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).