salto

See also: Salto, saltó, and saltò

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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)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto. First attested in the 19th century.

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:

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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.]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: salto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalto/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -alto
• Syllabification: sal‧to

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

Derived terms

• bersalto
• pesalto

Further reading

• “salto”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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

From saliō +‎ -tō (forming frequentatives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsaɫ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsal.to]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		saltāre			saltārī			saltāns			—
future		saltātūrum esse			saltātum īrī			saltātūrus			saltandus
perfect		saltāvisse			saltātum esse			—			saltātus
future perfect		—			saltātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		saltātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		saltandī		saltandō		saltandum		saltandō		saltātum		saltātū

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Aragonese: saltar
• Aromanian: saltu, asaltu
• Asturian: saltar
• Catalan: saltar
• Corsican: saltà, sartà
• Dalmatian: satur
• Emilian: saltèr
• 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, soutar
• 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 salts:
   1. definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
   2. definite genitive masculine/feminine plural

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:

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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

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. ellipsis of 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

Further reading

• “salto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “salto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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):

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• 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

Usage notes

• Salto is a false friend and does not mean salt. The Spanish word for salt is sal.

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

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025