El Sordo

Sordo/a   adj.  (persona) deaf

(ruido) dull, muffled

(dolor) dull

(emociones) supressed

Hacerse el_____ to pretend not to hear, turn a deaf ear

Deaf   1 = hard of hearing, without hearing, stone deaf, deaf as a post (informal), unhearing, earless

2 = oblivious, indifferent, unmoved, unconcerned, unsympathetic, impervious, unresponsive, heedless, unhearing

Proverbs   –   There’s none so deaf as those that will not hear