mudo

mute, unable to speak, speechless

ˈm u d o
mud to move, to relocate + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)
adjective Uncommon #23,041
mute, unable to speak Usually describes someone who cannot speak.
SP: El niño es mudo y se comunica con señas.
EN: The boy is mute and communicates with gestures.
speechless
SP: Me quedé mudo al escuchar la noticia.
EN: I was speechless when I heard the news.
Forms of mudo
mudomuda

Cuando una chica me hace llorar, me pongo mudo.

When a girl makes me cry, I become mute.

Y ese, ¿es mudo?

And him—is he mute?

— Sonidos vecinos (2012)

Tom se había quedado mudo.

Tom had become speechless.

Él estaba mudo como una tumba.

He was as silent as a tomb.

Así que ahora me quedo mudo.

So now I'm left speechless.

— गल्ली बॉय (2019)

Honestamente, comenzaba a pensar que era mudo.

Honestly, I was starting to think he was mute.

— El Maquinista (2004)

Mi hermano es mudo y se confunde.

My brother is mute and gets confused.

— Lindas y Letales (2026)

¿Te quedaste mudo?

Did you go quiet?

— El botín (2026)

Pero, apenas pasé la puerta, me quedé mudo.

But as soon as I stepped through the door, I was speechless.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

¿Es mudo?

Is he mute?

— PK (2014)

Él es ciego, sordo y mudo.

He is blind, deaf, and mute.

Rosas, Mitre, y el pobre Castelli, además de mudo, ¡muerto!

Rosas, Mitre, and poor Castelli—mute and dead to boot!

— La historia oficial (1985)

Te has vuelto mudo?

Have you gone mute?

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

Me quedé mudo de la emoción.

I was speechless with emotion.

Pero estás mudo, mudo como un pez.

But you're mute, mute as a fish.

— El sacrificio (1986)

Dejó a su mujer cuando estaba embarazada de ese hijo mudo.

He left his wife when she was pregnant with that mute child.

— Río Místico (2003)

Él estuvo mudo como una piedra.

He was as silent as a stone.

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