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salto
masculine noun
1. jump (gen) & (sport); leap (grande); dive (al agua)
- dar o pegar un salto -> to jump; to leap (grande)
- triple salto -> triple jump
- salto de altura -> high jump
- salto de esquí -> ski jump
- salto de longitud -> long jump
- salto mortal -> somersault
- salto en paracaídas -> parachute jump
- salto con pértiga -> pole vault
2. gap (diferencia, omisión)
3. leap forward (progreso)
- un salto hacia atrás -> a major step backward
4. precipice (despeñadero)
- salto de agua -> waterfall
also:
- salto de cama -> negligée (prenda)
5. (expresiones)
- vivir a salto de mata -> to live from one day to the next
- dar saltos de alegría o contento -> to jump with joy
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salto [sahl'-to]
noun
1. Leap, bound; distance leaped; leaping, jerk, jump (al agua). (m)
2. Leaping-place, ground from which leaps can be taken. (m)
3. Irregular transition from one thing to another. (m)
4. Assault, plunder, robbery. (m)
5. Skip, omission of clauses, lines, or leaves in reading or writing. (m)
6. Ascent to a higher post without passing through the intervening. (m)
7. Cataract, falls. (America & Argentina) (m)
- Salto mortal -> somerset
- Salto de viento -> (Naut.) the sudden shifting of the wind
- A saltos -> leaping by hops
- De un salto -> at one jump
- Salto en el vacío -> leap in the dark
- Dar un salto -> to jump
- Salto de altura -> high jump
- Triple salto -> hop
- Aquí hay un salto de 50 versos -> there is a gap here of 50 lines
- Salto de agua -> waterfall
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