What is the difference between brincar and saltar in mexican spanish?

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What is the difference between brincar and saltar in mexican spanish

Please remember to use proper capitalization and punctuation in your posts. Thanks! - --Mariana--, Aug 24, 2011

Answer 1

Usually I hear "brincar" as in jumping up and down and "saltar" as in jumping off something, e.g., a diving board, a cliff, etc.

Answer 2

Sometimes we use both as synonyms:

El ladrón brincó la cerca.

Las niñas brincan la cuerda.

Brinca al agua.

I think it would be better to use "saltar" in these cases. But we use "brincar" too.

synonyms sinónimos - 0074b507, Aug 24, 2011

Answer 3

So, okay to say "salta - salta" for my kiddos' "brinca - brinca?" je je

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being a "BOUNCY" house, I would be inclined to use brinca - toothpastechica, Aug 24, 2011

Yeah Tooth, in my neck of the woods, "brinca brinca" is the standard name for this contraption... :) - cristalino, Aug 24, 2011

also bricolin....i have never heard it called a "saltalin" - toothpastechica, Aug 24, 2011

Answer 4

Not sure about "Mexican" Spanish, but as far as I remember I haven't heard many Peruvian's use "brincar" in any context. About a year ago when my nephew was almost one, he loved to jump up and down in his bouncy toy. His Peruvian relatives would always sing a song to him that starts out: "¡Salta! ¡Salta! ¡Salta! pequeña langosta ... " I guess it is by a singer named Ruben Mattos. There is a pretty cool video of children hopping up and down and dancing to this song if you search it on you tube.

Answer 5

I've heard them used interchangably....but brincar also seems to be used for "hop" or "bounce" where as saltar seems to be only used as "jump"