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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