- ensordecer
- v.1 to cause to go deaf (causar sordera).2 to deafen.3 to go deaf.* * *ensordecer► verbo transitivo1 to deafen► verbo intransitivo1 to go deaf* * *1.VT [+ persona] to deafen; [+ ruido] to muffle2.VI to go deaf* * *1.verbo transitivo <persona> to deafen; <ruido/música> to muffle2.ensordecer vi to go deaf* * *= deafen.Ex. We can also blind & deafen ourselves, crippling our ability to educate the oppressor within & without.* * *1.verbo transitivo <persona> to deafen; <ruido/música> to muffle2.ensordecer vi to go deaf* * *= deafen.
Ex: We can also blind & deafen ourselves, crippling our ability to educate the oppressor within & without.
* * *ensordecer [E3 ]vt‹persona› to deafen; ‹ruido/música› to muffle■ ensordecervito go deaf* * *
ensordecer
I verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to deafen: este ruido me ensordece, this noise is deafening me
2 (amortiguar) to muffle: la doble ventana ensordece el ruido de la calle, the double glazing muffles the noise from the street
II vi (quedarse sordo) to go deaf
'ensordecer' also found in these entries:
English:
deafen
* * *ensordecer♦ vt1. [causar sordera a] to cause to go deaf2. [no dejar oír] to deafen3. [amortiguar] to muffle, to deaden♦ vi[quedarse sordo] to go deaf* * *ensordecerI v/t deafenII v/i go deaf* * *ensordecer {53} vt: to deafenensordecer vi: to go deaf
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.