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surdo

surdo noun: a type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.

Noun

surdo (plural surdos)

  1. A type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.

Forms of surdo

pluralsurdos

Origin of surdo

Borrowed from Portuguese surdo (“deaf, muffled”). Doublet of surd.

Questions about surdo

What does surdo mean?
Surdo means a type of percussion instrument used in Brazil.
What part of speech is surdo?
Surdo is a noun.
What is the plural of surdo?
The plural of surdo is surdos.

Words near surdo in the dictionary

  1. surd
  2. Surdila-Greci
  3. surdimutism
  4. surdity
  5. surdization
  6. surdo
  7. surds
  8. Surduc
  9. sure
  10. sure as a gun
  11. sure as death

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