salto

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See also: Salto, saltó, and saltò

English

Etymology

From Italian salto (“jump, leap”), from Latin saltus (“jump, leap”). Compare German Salto, French salto, Dutch salto, Hungarian szaltó.

Noun

salto (plural saltos)

  1. (rare) A somersault.
    • 2012, Dominique Moceanu, Off Balance: A Memoir, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page unknown:
      I originally thought I'd impress Bela with my fullout dismount (two saltos in a tucked position with a 360-degree twist on the second salto), but I hadn't perfected it on a hard landing surface yet.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch salto, from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto (plural salto's)

  1. somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)

Asturian

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Catalan

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

salto n

  1. somersault

Declension

Declension of salto (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative salto salta
genitive salta salt
dative saltu saltům
accusative salto salta
vocative salto salta
locative saltě, saltu saltech
instrumental saltem salty

Related terms

Further reading

  • salto in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • salto in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

salto

  1. Alternative form of saltomortale

Declension

Declension of salto
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative salto saltoen saltoer saltoerne
genitive saltos saltoens saltoers saltoernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.toː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to
  • Rhymes: -ɑltoː

Noun

salto m (plural salto's, diminutive saltootje n)

  1. somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: salto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

Noun

salto (accusative singular salton, plural saltoj, accusative plural saltojn)

  1. jump

Related terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto. Doublet of saut.

Pronunciation

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. (gymnastics) flip; somersault
    un salto arrière ― a backflip
    un salto avant ― a frontflip

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

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Etymology 2

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto (plural salti)

  1. leap, jump, bound

Related terms

  • saltar (“to jump, leap, bound”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay salto, from Portuguese salto (“jump, leap”), from Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

  • * IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

Noun

salto (first-person possessive saltoku, second-person possessive saltomu, third-person possessive saltonya)

  1. backflip

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal.to/
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Hyphenation: sàl‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural salti)

  1. jump, leap, spring, bound
    Synonym: balzo
  2. (figurative) change, jump, leap, rise, drop
    Synonyms: cambiamento, aumento, caduta
  3. short call, short distance, hop
  4. drop, fall
    Synonym: dislivello
  5. gap
  6. (music) interval, leap
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of saliō through its past participle saltus.

Pronunciation

Verb

saltō (present infinitive saltāre, perfect active saltāvī, supine saltātum); first conjugation

  1. to dance, jump
  2. to portray or represent in a dance, pantomime

Conjugation

   Conjugation of saltō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present saltō saltās saltat saltāmus saltātis saltant
imperfect saltābam saltābās saltābat saltābāmus saltābātis saltābant
future saltābō saltābis saltābit saltābimus saltābitis saltābunt
perfect saltāvī saltāvistī saltāvit saltāvimus saltāvistis saltāvērunt,
saltāvēre
pluperfect saltāveram saltāverās saltāverat saltāverāmus saltāverātis saltāverant
future perfect saltāverō saltāveris saltāverit saltāverimus saltāveritis saltāverint
passive present saltor saltāris,
saltāre 		saltātur saltāmur saltāminī saltantur
imperfect saltābar saltābāris,
saltābāre 		saltābātur saltābāmur saltābāminī saltābantur
future saltābor saltāberis,
saltābere 		saltābitur saltābimur saltābiminī saltābuntur
perfect saltātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect saltātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect saltātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present saltem saltēs saltet saltēmus saltētis saltent
imperfect saltārem saltārēs saltāret saltārēmus saltārētis saltārent
perfect saltāverim saltāverīs saltāverit saltāverīmus saltāverītis saltāverint
pluperfect saltāvissem saltāvissēs saltāvisset saltāvissēmus saltāvissētis saltāvissent
passive present salter saltēris,
saltēre 		saltētur saltēmur saltēminī saltentur
imperfect saltārer saltārēris,
saltārēre 		saltārētur saltārēmur saltārēminī saltārentur
perfect saltātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect saltātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — saltā — — saltāte —
future — saltātō saltātō — saltātōte saltantō
passive present — saltāre — — saltāminī —
future — saltātor saltātor — — saltantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives saltāre saltāvisse saltātūrum esse saltārī saltātum esse saltātum īrī
participles saltāns — saltātūrus — saltātus saltandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
saltandī saltandō saltandum saltandō saltātum saltātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Participle

saltō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of saltus

References

  • “salto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “salto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Adjective

salto

  1. inflection of saltais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

salto m (definite singular saltoen, indefinite plural saltoer, definite plural saltoene)

  1. a somersault

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

salto m (definite singular saltoen, indefinite plural saltoar, definite plural saltoane)

  1. a somersault

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

Noun

salto n

  1. (gymnastics) somersault, flip
    salto w przód ― front flip
    salto w tył ― back flip

Declension

Declension of salto
singular plural
nominative salto salta
genitive salta salt
dative saltu saltom
accusative salto salta
instrumental saltem saltami
locative salcie saltach
vocative salto salta

Further reading

  • salto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • salto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap
    Synonym: pulo
  2. heel (part of shoe)
  3. waterfall
    Synonyms: cascata, queda d'água
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Etymology 3

From Latin saltus. Doublet of souto and soito.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. (archaic) groove, thicket

Sidamo

Pronunciation

Noun

salto ? 

  1. liver

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 64

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalto/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Syllabification: sal‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap, jumping
    hacer un salto ― to jump/make a jump
  2. skip
    Dimos un salto de veinte páginas
    We skipped twenty pages
  3. gap; difference
    Hay un salto de cinco años entre los dos hermanos
    There's a five-year age gap between the two brothers
  4. (sports) dive
  5. (sports) jump, vault
  6. waterfall
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Further reading

Wikious
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