saltón

See also: salton

Galician

Etymology

From saltar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [salˈtoŋ]

Noun

saltón m (plural saltóns)

1. grasshopper

Derived terms

• saltón da area

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “salton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saltón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saltón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saltón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From salto (“jump”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈton/ [sal̪ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sal‧tón

Adjective

saltón (feminine saltona, masculine plural saltones, feminine plural saltonas)

1. bulging; jumping out; sticking out
2. jumping

   Synonym: saltarín

3. (figurative) prominent; noticeable
4. (Latin America, figurative) wary; suspicious

Derived terms

• pulso saltón

Noun

saltón m (plural saltones)

1. grasshopper
2. larva of cheese fly (Piophila casei)

   Synonym: saltador

3. (Peru) piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)

   Synonyms: (Peru) piraiba, (Venezuela) valentón

Further reading

• “saltón”, 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
• “saltón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010