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Galician
Etymology
From saltar + -ón.
Pronunciation
Noun
saltón m (plural saltóns)
- grasshopper
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “salton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saltón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saltón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saltón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From salto (“jump”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salˈton/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: sal‧tón
Adjective
saltón (feminine saltona, masculine plural saltones, feminine plural saltonas)
- bulging; jumping out; sticking out
- jumping
- Synonym: saltarín
- (figurative) prominent; noticeable
- (Latin America, figurative) wary; suspicious
Derived terms
Noun
saltón m (plural saltones)
- grasshopper
- larva of cheese fly (Piophila casei)
- Synonym: saltador
- (Peru) piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
- Synonyms: (Peru) piraiba, (Venezuela) valentón
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