salto

Etymology

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

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

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)

Verb

salto

1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Verb

salto

1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalto]

Noun

salto n

1. somersault

Further reading

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

Noun

salto

1. Alternative form of saltomortale

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.toː/

• Audio:

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• 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.]

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

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Esperanto salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto (plural salti)

1. leap, jump, bound

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin saltus.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• Solta, solta, stola

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

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

Adjective

salto

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

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.

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.tɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -altɔ
• Syllabification: sal‧to

Noun

salto n

1. (gymnastics) somersault, flip

   salto w przód ― front flip

   salto w tył ― back flip

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Latin saltus. Doublet of souto and soito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalto/

Noun

salto ? 

1. liver

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalto/ [ˈsal̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: sal‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin saltus.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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