surdo

English

Noun

surdo (plural surdos)

1. A type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.

Anagrams

• dorus, Duros, sudor, Durso, sourd

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin surdus.

Adjective

surdo

1. deaf

Latin

Adjective

surdō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of surdus

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin surdus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈsurdə], (feminine) [ˈsordə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈsurdə] (masculine/feminine)

Adjective

surdo (feminine singular sorda, masculine plural surde, feminine plural sorde)

1. deaf

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 190: “sorda; sorda; sordi; sorde” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “surdo-sórda”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʁ.du/ [ˈsuɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʁ.du/ [ˈsuɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsuʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ.du/ [ˈsuɾ.ðu]

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)

1. deaf (unable to hear)
2. (of a sound) faint, muffled
3. deaf (unwilling to listen or be persuaded)
4. (phonetics) voiceless, unvoiced (spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

   Antonyms: sonoro, vozeado

   Os fonemas /t/ e /f/ são surdos.

   The phonemes /t/ and /f/ are unvoiced.

Noun

surdo m (plural surdos, feminine surda, feminine plural surdas)

1. deaf person

   Antonym: ouvinte

2. (music) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)

Derived terms

• dessurdo
• ensurdecer
• surdamente
• surdez
• surdo-mudo

 

Related terms

• absurdo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

surdo

1. first-person singular present indicative of surdir

Further reading

• “surdo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024