saltar

jump, skip


Verb saltar (first-person singular present salto, first-person singular preterite salté, past participle saltado)

  1. to jump
  2. to skip; miss (a meal etc.)
    saltarse el desayuno
    to skip breakfast
    para ahorrar tiempo, saltó unas diapositivas
    to save time, he skipped a few slides
  3. (cooking) to sautée
  4. (reflexive) to miss (accidentally)
    sin querer, se saltó un par de líneas en el texto
    unwittingly, he skipped a couple of lines of the text
  5. (reflexive) to break, breach (rules etc.)
    saltarse las normas
    to break the rules

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Examples
  • A la mayoría de los niños les gusta saltar la cuerda.

    Most children like to jump rope.

  • ¿Cómo puedo saltar tan alto?

    How can I jump so high?

  • Y así los dos pequeños conejos vivieron felizmente juntos en el bosque; comiendo dientes de león, jugando a saltar las margaritas, corriendo a través de los tréboles y encontrando la bellota por todo el día.

    And so the two little rabbits lived together happily in the big forest; eating dandelions, playing Jump The Daisies, Run Through The Clover and Find The Acorn all day long.

  • En 1912 murió el sastre austriaco Franz Reichelt al saltar del primer piso de la Torre Eiffel para probar su nuevo invento, el traje paracaídas, que no funcionó...

    In 1912, the Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt died jumping off the first floor of the Eiffel Tower while trying out his new invention, the parachute coat, which did not work...

  • Ella puede saltar alto.

    She can jump high.

  • Es peligroso saltar de un tren en marcha.

    It's dangerous to jump off a moving train.

  • ¿A qué altura puedes saltar?

    How high can you jump?

  • A mi hija le encanta saltar a la cuerda.

    My daughter loves jumping rope.

  • Tom desearía haber tenido el valor de saltar al río y salvar al bebé que se había caído.

    Tom wished he had had the courage to jump into the river and save the baby that had fallen in.

  • La cosa más peligrosa que Tom ha intentado hacer jamás fue saltar en bungee.

    The most dangerous thing Tom ever tried to do was bungee jumping.

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