salto

See also: Salto, saltó, and saltò

English

Etymology

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

Noun

salto (plural saltos)

1. (gymnastics) 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.

Anagrams

• Sloat, Altos, stola, tolas, Tolas, altos, lotas, lotsa, Toals, sloat, Slota

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalto]

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

• salto mortale

 

Further reading

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

• Rhymes: -ɑltoː
• Hyphenation: sal‧to

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalto]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Hyphenation: sal‧to

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. jump

Related terms

• salti (“to jump”)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto. Doublet of saut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal.to/

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

1. (gymnastics) flip; somersault

   un salto arrière ― a backflip

   un salto avant ― a frontflip

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

1. jump

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsalto/ [ˈsal.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: sal‧to

Noun

salto (plural salto-salto)

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

• fare due salti / fare quattro salti
• fare un salto
• saltare
• saltellare
• saltello
• salto con l'asta
• salto in alto
• salto in lungo
• salto mortale
• salto nel buio
• salto triplo

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: salto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

1. first-person singular present indicative of saltare

Anagrams

• Solta, solta, stola

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of saliō through its past participle saltus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.toː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.to/, [ˈsäl̪t̪o]

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

• saltābundus
• saltātim
• saltātiō
• saltātor
• saltātrīx
• saltātus
• saltitō

 

Descendants

• Aragonese: saltar
• Aromanian: saltu, asaltu
• Asturian: saltar
• Catalan: saltar
• Corsican: saltà, sartà
• Dalmatian: satur
• English: saltate
• Extremaduran: saltal
• French: sauter
• Friulian: saltâ
• Galician: saltar, choutar
• Gallurese: saltà
• Istriot: saltà
• Italian: saltare
• Ligurian: sâtâ
• Mozarabic: شاوتا (šáwta)
• Norman: sauter
• Occitan: sautar, saltar
• Piedmontese: sauté
• Portuguese: saltar
• Romanian: sălta, săltare
• Sardinian: saltai, saltare, sartare
• Sassarese: salthà
• Sicilian: satari, sautari
• Spanish: saltar, sotar
• Venetan: saltar

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

Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

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

1. a somersault

References

• “salto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

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

1. a somersault

References

• “salto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.tɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -altɔ
• Syllabification: sal‧to

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

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.tu/ [ˈsaɫ.tu]

• 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. Short for salto-alto (“high heels”).
4. waterfall

   Synonyms: cascata, queda d'água

Derived terms

• salto à vara, salto com vara
• salto em altura
• salto mortal
• salto triplo, triplo salto

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalto/

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/ [ˈsal̪.t̪o]

• 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

   Synonyms: cascada, catarata, caída de agua

Hyponyms

• Gran Salto Adelante (historical)
• Salto Ángel
• salto con pértiga
• salto de agua
• salto de altura
• salto de ángel
• salto de carnero
• salto de longitud
• salto de potro
• salto ecuestre
• salto elástico
• salto mortal
• salto triple
• saltos en esquí

 

Derived terms

• a salto de mata
• a saltos
• en un salto
• saltear
• salto BASE
• salto de cama
• salto de lobo
• salto de mata
• salto de trucha
• salto del ángel
• sobresalto
• triple salto

 

Related terms

• saltar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Further reading

• “salto”, 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