No. 13,936 in Spanish
sordos
"Deaf" (persons who cannot hear).
In a sentence
Los estudiantes sordos utilizan lenguaje de señas para comunicarse.
Deaf students use sign language to communicate.
In this sentence, 'sordos' is used as an adjective to describe students who are deaf.
Ignoraron mis advertencias como si fueran sordos.
They ignored my warnings as if they were deaf.
Here, 'sordos' is used metaphorically to suggest they paid no heed, similar to not hearing.
Menospreciar las necesidades de los sordos es una falta de empatía.
Disregarding the needs of deaf people is a lack of empathy.
In this example, 'sordos' works as a noun referring to people who are deaf.
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