Salto

See also: salto, saltó, and saltò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Salto.

Proper noun

Salto (plural Saltos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salto is the 27625^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 871 individuals. Salto is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzalto/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sal‧to

Noun

Salto m (strong, genitive Saltos, plural Saltos or Salti)

1. somersault

Declension

Declension of Salto [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Salto	die	Saltos, Salti
genitive	eines	des	Saltos	der	Saltos, Salti
dative	einem	dem	Salto	den	Saltos, Salti
accusative	einen	den	Salto	die	Saltos, Salti

Further reading

• “Salto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Salto” in Duden online

Italian

Proper noun

Salto ?

1. a river that flows in Lazio and Abruzzo

Anagrams

• Solta, solta, stola

Portuguese

Proper noun

Salto

1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Spanish

Proper noun

Salto ?

1. A department of Uruguay
2. the capital city of the department

Derived terms

• salteño