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Spanish
Adverb
a salto de mata
- (idiomatic) haphazardly
- vivir a salto de mata ― to live from hand to mouth
- andar a salto de mata ― to walk about
- ir a salto de mata ― to go around without plan
1886, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Los Pazos de Ulloa, chapter 16:-Figúrese usted -refirió el médico- que Barbacana tiene a sus órdenes otro facineroso, un paisano de Castrodorna, conocido por el Tuerto, que va y viene a Portugal a salto de mata, porque una noche cosió a puñaladas a su mujer y al amante- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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