"saltar" can be a verb. You can see the conjugations below.
saltar. 'saltar'. This verb means 'to jump, leap, hop'. For example, 'saltó por la ventanita y echó a correr' / 'He jumped through the window and started to run'. Saltar.
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)
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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.
saltar
verbo:intransitivo
1 [+persona, animal] (dar un salto) también (Atletismo) to jump; (más lejos) to leap; (a la pata coja) to hop
saltar de alegría to jump with o for joy; saltar a la comba to skip; jump rope; (EEUU) hacer saltar un caballo to jump a horse; make a horse jump
está a la que salta (a la caza de una oportunidad) he never misses a trick (familiar); (al día) he lives for the day
2 (lanzarse)
saltar al campo o al césped (Dep) to come out on to the pitch
saltar al agua to jump o dive into the water
saltar de la cama to leap out of bed
saltar en paracaídas to parachute
saltar por una ventana to jump o leap out of a window
saltar sobre algn to jump o leap o pounce on sb
saltar a tierra to leap ashore
saltar al mundo de la política to go into politics; move into the political arena
saltar del último puesto al primero to jump from last place to first; saltar a la fama to win fame; be shot to fame
3 (salir disparado) [+chispa] to fly; fly out; [+líquido] to shoot out; spurt out; [+corcho] to pop out; [+resorte] to break; go (familiar); [+astilla] to fly off; [+botón] to come off; [+pelota] to fly
saltan chispas sparks are flying
está saltando el aceite the oil is spitting; la pelota saltó fuera del campo the ball flew out of the ground; el balón saltó por encima de la portería the ball flew over the bar; hacer saltar una trampa to spring a trap; el asunto ha saltado a la prensa the affair has reached the newspapers
saltar a la memoria to leap to mind
salta a la vista it's patently obvious; it hits you in the eye
4 (estallar) [+cristal] to shatter; [+recipiente] to crack; [+madera] to crack; snap; break
la bombilla saltó en pedazos the light bulb exploded; hacer saltar un edificio to blow a building up
saltar por los aires
el coche saltó por los aires the car was blown up
el acuerdo puede saltar por los aires the agreement could be destroyed o go up in smoke
hacer saltar algo por los aires to blow sth up
6 (al hablar) (de forma inesperada) to say; pipe up (familiar)
—¡estupendo! —saltó uno de los chavales "great!" piped up (familiar) o said one of the boys; saltar con una patochada to come out with a ridiculous o foolish remark; saltar de una cosa a otra to skip from one thing o subject to another; skip about
(con ira) to explode; blow up7 (irse)
saltar de un puesto to give up a job; hacer saltar a algn de un puesto to boot sb out of a job (familiar)
verbo:transitivo
1 [+muro, obstáculo] (por encima) to jump over; jump; (llegando más lejos) to leap; leap over; (apoyándose con las manos) to vault
el caballo saltó la valla the horse jumped over o jumped the fence
verbo:pronominal
saltarse1 (omitir) to skip
nos saltamos el desayuno we skipped breakfast; hoy me he saltado una clase I skipped a class today; saltarse un párrafo to skip a paragraph; miss out a paragraph; me he saltado un par de renglones I've skipped a couple of lines
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Verb Conjugations for "saltar" (go to to jump)
- Gerund: saltando
- Participle: saltado
Indicative
Present |
Preterit |
Imperfect |
Conditional |
Future |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | salto | salté | saltaba | saltaría | saltaré |
| tú | saltas | saltaste | saltabas | saltarías | saltarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | salta | saltó | saltaba | saltaría | saltará |
| nosotros | saltamos | saltamos | saltábamos | saltaríamos | saltaremos |
| vosotros | saltáis | saltasteis | saltabais | saltaríais | saltaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | saltan | saltaron | saltaban | saltarían | saltarán |
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