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salto

See also: Salto, saltó, and saltò

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Noun

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salto (plural salto's)

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

Asturian

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Verb

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Catalan

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Czech

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Noun

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salto n

  1. somersault

Declension

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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
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Further reading

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  • “salto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “salto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Noun

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salto

  1. Alternative form of saltomortale

Declension

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation) [from 19th c.]

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  • Afrikaans: salto

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin saltus.

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

  1. jump
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian salto. Doublet of saut.

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salto m (plural saltos)

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

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsalto/ [ˈs̺ɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

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salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump

Etymology 2

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Verb

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto salto, from Latin saltus.

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salto (plural salti)

  1. leap, jump, bound
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  • saltar (“to jump, leap, bound”)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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

  1. backflip

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin saltus.

Noun

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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
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltare

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Latin

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Etymology

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Frequentative of saliō through its past participle saltus.

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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

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   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

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Descendants

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Participle

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saltō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of saltus

References

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  • “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

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Adjective

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salto

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Short form of saltomortale

Noun

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

  1. a somersault

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Short form of saltomortale

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

  1. a somersault

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

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Noun

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salto n

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

Declension

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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

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

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaw.tu/ [ˈsaʊ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaw.to/ [ˈsaʊ̯.to]

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

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

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salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap
    Synonym: pulo
  2. heel (part of shoe)
  3. Short for salto-alto (“high heels”).
  4. waterfall
    Synonyms: cascata, queda d'água
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Etymology 3

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From Latin saltus. Doublet of souto and soito.

Noun

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salto m (plural saltos)

  1. (archaic) groove, thicket

Sidamo

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salto ? 

  1. liver

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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin saltus.

Noun

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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
    Synonyms: cascada, catarata, caída de agua
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

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