Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Can someone please translate this Italian word to English for me

Please do not use an online translator to answer this question, or any electronic, for that matter.



The Italian word is "sordino". Does this word directly translate to "mute" (or another similar word)? Or does "sordo" directly translate to "mute" (or another similar word)?



Thanks in advance!|||There is no direct translation for soldino. However sordina translates to mute, in secret or on the quiet.



|||"sordino" : A mute for musical instruments; a sordine. From the Italian "sordo" ('dull in tone', 'muffled') and "sordamente" ('softly', 'gently', 'muffled').



http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sordino



"The primary Italian word in use in these specialised terms is a feminine noun: "sordina", with plural "sordine"; but in international musical terminology a masculine form is much more common: "sordino", with plural "sordini". The Italian word is derived as a feminine diminutive of the adjective "sordo" ("deaf", "dull in sound"), from Latin "surdus"."



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sordino#Var鈥?/a>|||See the source below. I think its a form of the word sordo, meaning deaf, or a deaf person.

Btw - I know you said don't use an online translator, I suppose because they're not reliable, but wordreference is a very good one. It's not really a translator, it's just a dictionary :)|||Sordo directly translates to mute. Sordino means sordine, a thing that makes mute a musical instrument.
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