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

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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.
Ella va a una escuela para sordos. She goes to a school for the deaf.
No había escuelas para sordos en esa época. There were no schools for the deaf at that time.
Los sordos suelen hablarse entre ellos usando lenguaje de señas. Deaf people often talk to each other using sign language.
Koko conoce y utiliza más de 500 palabras en lenguaje de signos, el lenguaje de los sordos. Koko knows and uses more than 500 words in sign language, the language of deaf people.
El alcalde de esta ciudad fue culpado de hacer oídos sordos a las demandas de las personas. The mayor of this city was blamed for turning a deaf ear to the people's requests.
No puedo oír nada. Estoy sordo. I cannot hear anything. I'm deaf.
Parece apropiado aplicar estas reglas a las consonantes sordas. It seems appropriate to apply these rules to the voiceless consonants.
¿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.
Ella era ciega, sorda y muda. She was blind, deaf, and dumb.
Ella quedó sorda con la explosión. She became deaf from the explosion.
Helen Keller era sorda y ciega. Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
Tom es sordo de su oído izquierdo. Tom is deaf in the left ear.
Helen Keller era ciega, sorda y muda. Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
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.
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