hard of hearing

English

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hard of hearing (comparative more hard of hearing, superlative most hard of hearing)

(idiomatic) Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.
Synonyms: HoH, hearing-impaired

Speak loudly, because Grandpa is somewhat hard of hearing.

having difficulty hearing

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有聽覺障礙／有听觉障碍 (yǒu tīngjué zhàng'ài), 耳背 (zh) (ěrbèi), 耳沉 (ěrchén)
Danish: tunghør
Dutch: hardhorig (nl)
Estonian: vaegkuulmisega, kõva kuulmisega
Finnish: huonokuuloinen (fi), kuulovikainen, heikkokuuloinen
French: dur d’oreille (fr), malentendant (fr)
Georgian: სმენადაქვეითებული (smenadakveitebuli)
German: schwerhörig (de), hörgeschädigt
Greek: βαρήκοος (el) (varíkoos)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: nagyothalló (hu)
Icelandic: heyrnarskert n pl
Irish: nach bhfuil an éisteacht go maith agat (literally “whose hearing is not good”)
Italian: duro d'orecchi m, duro di timpani m, duro di udito m, debole di udito, sordastro m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Latin: surdaster
Navajo: jééhkał
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tunghørt (no)

Nynorsk: tunghøyrd
Occitan: malausent, malentendent, dur d'aurelha
Plautdietsch: schwoahierich
Polish: niedosłyszący (pl), przygłuchy (pl), głuchawy, słabosłyszący (pl) m
Portuguese: surdo (pt)
Russian: туго́й на́ у́хо (ru) (tugój ná úxo), тугоу́хий (ru) (tugoúxij), глухова́тый (ru) (gluxovátyj)
Spanish: duro de oído, teniente (es) (Spain, colloquial; preceded by estar)
Swedish: lomhörd (sv), hörselskadad (sv) (hearing-impaired)
Welsh: trwm ei glyw m, trwm ei chlyw f, trwm eu clyw pl

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