# salto
## English
### 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)
* (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)
* somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)

## Asturian
### Verb

salto
* first-person singular present indicative of saltar

## Catalan
### Verb

salto
* first-person singular present indicative of saltar

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsalto]

### Noun

salto n
* somersault

#### 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
* Alternative form of saltomortale

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

salto m (plural salto's, diminutive saltootje n)
* somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation) [from 19th c.]

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: salto

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin saltus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsalto]
* Rhymes: -alto
* Hyphenation: sal‧to
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Related terms

* salti (“to jump”)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto. Doublet of saut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sal.to/

### Noun

salto m (plural saltos)
* (gymnastics) flip; somersault
    un salto arrière ― a backflip
    un salto avant ― a frontflip

## Galician
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsalto/ [ˈs̺ɑl̪.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -alto
* Hyphenation: sal‧to

#### Noun

salto m (plural saltos)
* jump

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

salto
* first-person singular present indicative of saltar

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto salto, from Latin saltus.

### Noun

salto (plural salti)
* 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: /ˈsalto/ [ˈsal.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -alto
* Syllabification: sal‧to

### Noun

salto (plural salto-salto)
* backflip

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsal.to/
* Rhymes: -alto
* Hyphenation: sàl‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin saltus.

#### Noun

salto m (plural salti)
* jump, leap, spring, bound
    Synonym: balzo
* (figurative) change, jump, leap, rise, drop
    Synonyms: cambiamento, aumento, caduta
* short call, short distance, hop
* drop, fall
    Synonym: dislivello
* gap
* (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
* 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: /ˈsal.toː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsal.to/, [ˈsäl̪t̪o]

### Verb

saltō (present infinitive saltāre, perfect active saltāvī, supine saltātum); first conjugation
* to dance, jump
* to portray or represent in a dance, pantomime

#### 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
* 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
* inflection of salts:
** definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine/feminine plural

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

### Noun

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

### References

* “salto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsal.tɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -altɔ
* Syllabification: sal‧to

### Noun

salto n
* (gymnastics) somersault, flip
    salto w przód ― front flip
    salto w tył ― back flip

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.tu/ [ˈsaʊ̯.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.tu/ [ˈsaʊ̯.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.to/ [ˈsaʊ̯.to]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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)
* jump, leap
    Synonym: pulo
* heel (part of shoe)
* Ellipsis of salto-alto (“high heels”).
* 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
* first-person singular present indicative of saltar

### Etymology 3

From Latin saltus. Doublet of souto and soito.

#### Noun

salto m (plural saltos)
* (archaic) groove, thicket

## Sidamo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsalto/

### Noun

salto ?
* liver

### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsalto/ [ˈsal̪.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -alto
* Syllabification: sal‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin saltus.

#### Noun

salto m (plural saltos)
* jump, leap, jumping
    hacer un salto ― to jump/make a jump
* skip
    Dimos un salto de veinte páginasWe skipped twenty pages
* gap; difference
    Hay un salto de cinco años entre los dos hermanosThere's a five-year age gap between the two brothers
* (sports) dive
* (sports) jump, vault
* 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 fe
* 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
* 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