Usage examples of "sordo" in Spanish with translation to English

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No puedo oír nada. Estoy sordo. I cannot hear anything. I'm deaf.
¿Preferirías estar ciego o estar sordo? Would you rather be blind or be deaf?
Él era sordo a mis súplicas. He was deaf to my pleas.
Tom es sordo de un oído. Tom is deaf in one ear.
Tom es sordo de su oído izquierdo. Tom is deaf in the left ear.
Se quedó sordo como resultado de un accidente. He went deaf as a result of an accident.
Él se hizo el sordo a sus quejas. He turned a deaf ear to their complaints.
Él está sordo, pero sabe leer los labios. He is deaf, but knows how to read lips.
Él es sordo, pero sabe leer los movimientos de los labios. He is deaf, but knows how to read lips.
La amabilidad es el lenguaje que el sordo puede oír y el ciego puede ver. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Cree que se está quedando sordo porque ya no oye a la gente hablar de él. He thinks he's becoming deaf because he doesn't hear people talking about him anymore.
Ella era ciega, sorda y muda. She was blind, deaf, and dumb.
Parece apropiado aplicar estas reglas a las consonantes sordas. It seems appropriate to apply these rules to the voiceless consonants.
Ella quedó sorda con la explosión. She became deaf from the explosion.
Helen Keller era sorda y ciega. Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
Hizo oídos sordos a mis ruegos. He was deaf to my pleas.
¿Preferiríais estar ciegos o estar sordos? Would you rather be blind or be deaf?
Hizo oídos sordos a su petición. He turned a deaf ear to their request.
Helen Keller era ciega, sorda y muda. Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
Ella va a una escuela para sordos. She goes to a school for the deaf.
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