saltamontes

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to jump”) +‎ montes (“mountains, hills”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saltaˈmontes/ [sal̪.t̪aˈmõn̪.t̪es]

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• Rhymes: -ontes
• Syllabification: sal‧ta‧mon‧tes

Noun

saltamontes m (plural saltamontes)

1. grasshopper

Further reading

• “saltamontes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10