saltar

=

to jump

verb

saltar

transitive verb

1. to jump (over) (obstáculo)

2. to skip, to miss out (omitir)

intransitive verb

3. to jump (brincar, lanzarse)

saltó de o desde una ventana -> she jumped out of o from a window
saltar sobre alguien -> to set upon somebody (abalanzarse)
saltar a la cuerda o ->
a la comba -> to skip (peninsular Spanish)
saltar de un tema a otro -> to jump (around) from one subject to another

4. to jump up (levantarse)

saltar de la silla -> to jump out of one's seat

5. to jump, to shoot (salir disparado) (objeto); to spurt (aceite); to pop out (corcho, válvula); to fly (chispas)

6. (agua, cascada)

saltar por -> to gush down, to pour down

7. to go off (alarma)

hacer saltar -> to set off

8. to explode, to blow up (explotar)

el automóvil saltó por los aires -> the car was blown into the air
han saltado los plomos -> the fuses have blown

9. to break (romperse)

10. to explode (reaccionar bruscamente)

saltar a la mínima -> to be quick to lose one's temper

11. (decir inesperadamente)

“de eso nada”, saltó ella -> “no way,” she blurted out
saltar con -> to suddenly come out with

12. (expresiones)

salta a la vista que… -> it's patently obvious that…
estar a la que salta -> to be always on the lookout

saltarse

pronomial verb

1. to skip, to miss out (omitir)

2. to pop off (salir despedido)

se le saltaban las lágrimas -> tears were welling up in her eyes

3. to jump (no respetar) (cola, semáforo); to break (ley, normas)

saltar [sal-tar’]

verb neuter

1. To leap, to jump (muro, obstáculo), to hop; to frisk, to skip (omitir); to rebound, to dash. (n)

Saltar a tierra -> to land, to disembark

2. To burst (explosivo), to break in pieces; to fly asunder, to crack (madera), to flash. (n)

3. To be clear and obvious, to occur to the memory; to excel, to surpass. (n)

4. To be irritated, to be agitated, to betray emotion. (n)

5. To speak incoherently and irrelevantly. (n)

6. To chop about, to change suddenly (viento). (Nautical) (n)

Saltar de gozo -> to be highly delighted
Andar a la que salta -> to give oneself up to a vagabond life
Saltar en paracaídas -> to jump
Saltar por una ventana -> to jump out of a window
Hacer saltar un edificio -> to blow a building up

verb transitive

7. To leap, to pass over or into by leaping.

8. To cover the female (animales).

verb reflexive

9. Saltarse un párrafo, to skip a paragraph.

10. Saltarse todas las reglas, to break all the rules.

Verb Conjugation for "saltar"

Infinitive: saltar

Gerund: saltando

Participle: saltado

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	salto	salté	saltaba	saltaré	salte
Tú	saltas	saltaste	saltabas	saltarás	saltes
Ella/Él/Usted	salta	saltó	saltaba	saltará	salte
Nosotros	saltamos	saltamos	saltábamos	saltaremos	saltemos
Vosotros	saltáis	saltasteis	saltabais	saltaréis	saltéis
Ellos/Ustedes	saltan	saltaron	saltaban	saltarán	salten