salto

/ˈsalto/, [ˈsal̪.t̪o]

jump


Noun salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap, jumping
    hacer un salto
    to jump/make a jump
  2. skip
    damos un salto de veinte páginas
    We skipped twenty pages
  3. gap; difference
    hay en salto de cinco años entre los dos hermanos
    there's a five-year age gap between the two brothers
  4. (sports) dive
  5. (sports) jump, vault
  6. waterfall

Verb salto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of saltar.

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • El gato se baja de un salto de la mesa.

    The cat jumps off the table.

  • Tom salió de un salto de la cama.

    Tom jumped out of bed.

  • El abogado defensor se puso en pie de un salto y gritó "¡Protesto!".

    The defense attorney jumped to his feet and shouted "Objection!"

  • Sus notas dieron un gran salto.

    His grades took a big jump.

  • Solía ser sobrado y generoso, pero ahora vive a salto de mata.

    He used to be well off and generous, but now he lives from hand to mouth.

  • A mi profesor de física no le importa si me salto las clases.

    My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.

  • Él batió el récord mundial de salto de altura.

    He bettered the world record in the high jump.

  • Por primera vez en mi vida salto del tren.

    This is the first time I've ever jumped from a train.

  • Cuando ella llamó, di un salto.

    When she called, I jumped up.

  • Este es un pequeño paso para el hombre, pero un gran salto para la humanidad.

    That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.


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