turn a deaf ear - Wiktionary

(figuratively, transitive with to) To refuse to listen to something. They turned a deaf ear to her entreaties. TranslationsEdit. show ▽to ... turnadeafear DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Pronunciation 1.2Verb 1.2.1Translations 1.2.2Seealso 1.3Furtherreading English[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Audio(AU)(file) Verb[edit] turnadeafear(third-personsingularsimplepresentturnsadeafear,presentparticipleturningadeafear,simplepastandpastparticipleturnedadeafear) (figuratively,transitivewithto)Torefusetolistentosomething. Theyturnedadeafeartoherentreaties. Translations[edit] torefusetolistenorhearsomething Chinese: Mandarin:充耳不聞 (zh),充耳不闻 (zh)(chōng'ěrbùwén) Finnish:kaikuakuuroillekorville (fi) French:fairelasourdeoreille (fr) Galician:facerseoxordo German:(gegenüberetwas)sichtaubstellen Hungarian:afülebotjátsemmozdítja (hu) Icelandic:látasemvindumeyruþjóta,látaeinsogvindumeyruþjóta (is),daufheyrastvið,skellaskolleyrumvið Italian:fareorecchidamercante Japanese:聞く耳を持たぬ(きくみみをもたぬ,kikumimiomotanu) Maori:tetērongo,whakatuturi,whātuturi Norwegian: Bokmål:vendedetdøveørettil (no) Polish:puszczaćmimouszu impf,puścićmimouszu pf Russian:пропуска́тьми́моуше́й (ru)(propuskátʹmímoušéj),пропусти́тьми́моуше́й (ru)(propustítʹmímoušéj,literally“toletgopastone'sears”) Spanish:hacerseelsordo,haceroídossordos Seealso[edit] fallondeafears preachtodeafears turnablindeye Furtherreading[edit] “turnadeafeartosomething”inLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish,Longman. “turnadeafear”intheCambridgeEnglishDictionary,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress. “turnadeafear”,inLexico,Dictionary.com;OxfordUniversityPress,2019–2022. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=turn_a_deaf_ear&oldid=67223414" Categories:EnglishtermswithaudiolinksEnglishlemmasEnglishverbsEnglishmultiwordtermsEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishidiomsEnglishpredicatesHiddencategories:Sortkeytracking/redundantSpanishredlinksSpanishredlinks/t Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages EestiFrançaisಕನ್ನಡKurdîMagyarമലയാളംதமிழ்