saltar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin saltāre, present active infinitive of saltō.

Verb

saltar (first-person singular indicative present salto, past participle saltáu)

1. to jump

Conjugation

Conjugation of saltar

infinitive		saltar
gerund		saltando
past participle		m saltáu, f saltada, n saltao, m pl saltaos, f pl saltaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	salto	saltes	salta	saltamos	saltáis	salten
	imperfect	saltaba	saltabes	saltaba	saltábemos, saltábamos	saltabeis, saltabais	saltaben
	preterite	salté	saltasti, saltesti	saltó	saltemos	saltastis, saltestis	saltaron
	pluperfect	saltare, saltara	saltares, saltaras	saltare, saltara	saltáremos, saltáramos	saltareis, saltarais	saltaren, saltaran
	future	saltaré	saltarás	saltará	saltaremos	saltaréis	saltarán
	conditional	saltaría	saltaríes	saltaría	saltaríemos, saltaríamos	saltaríeis, saltaríais	saltaríen
subjunctive	present	salte	saltes, saltas	salte	saltemos	saltéis	salten, saltan
	imperfect	saltare, saltara	saltares, saltaras	saltare, saltara	saltáremos, saltáramos	saltareis, saltarais	saltaren, saltaran
imperative		—	salta	—	—	saltái	—

Synonyms

• blincar

Related terms

• saltu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan saltar, from Latin saltāre. Compare Occitan saltar, sautar; French sauter; Spanish saltar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səlˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [salˈtaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

saltar (first-person singular present salto, first-person singular preterite saltí, past participle saltat)

1. (intransitive) to jump, to leap
2. (intransitive) to hop, to bounce
3. (intransitive) to come off, fall off, pop off
4. (transitive) to jump over, to leap over
5. (transitive, pronominal) to skip, to leave out
6. (transitive, cooking) to sauté

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saltar (first conjugation)

infinitive			saltar
gerund			saltant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		saltat		saltada
		plural		saltats		saltades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	salto	saltes	salta	saltem	salteu	salten
	imperfect	saltava	saltaves	saltava	saltàvem	saltàveu	saltaven
	future	saltaré	saltaràs	saltarà	saltarem	saltareu	saltaran
	preterite	saltí	saltares	saltà	saltàrem	saltàreu	saltaren
	conditional	saltaria	saltaries	saltaria	saltaríem	saltaríeu	saltarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	salti	saltis	salti	saltem	salteu	saltin
	imperfect	saltés	saltessis	saltés	saltéssim	saltéssiu	saltessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	salta	salti	saltem	salteu	saltin
	negative (no)	—	no saltis	no salti	no saltem	no salteu	no saltin

Derived terms

• fer saltar la banca
• ressaltar
• saltabarrancs
• saltador
• saltar a corda
• saltar amb perxa
• saltar d’alegria
• saltar i parar
• saltat

 

Related terms

• salt
• saltació

References

• “saltar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “saltar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “saltar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “saltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saltar, from Latin saltāre, present active infinitive of saltō. Probably a doublet of choutar.

Verb

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

1. to jump

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saltar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	saltar
Personal	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltaren
Gerund
	saltando
Past participle
Masculine	saltado			saltados
Feminine	saltada			saltadas
Indicative
Present	salto	saltas	salta	saltamos	saltades	saltan
Imperfect	saltaba	saltabas	saltaba	saltabamos	saltabades	saltaban
Preterite	saltei	saltaches	saltou	saltamos	saltastes	saltaron
Pluperfect	saltara	saltaras	saltara	saltaramos	saltarades	saltaran
Future	saltarei	saltarás	saltará	saltaremos	saltaredes	saltarán
Conditional	saltaría	saltarías	saltaría	saltariamos	saltariades	saltarían
Subjunctive
Present	salte	saltes	salte	saltemos	saltedes	salten
Imperfect	saltase	saltases	saltase	saltásemos	saltásedes	saltasen
Future	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltaren
Imperative
Affirmative		salta	salte	saltemos	saltade	salten
Negative (non)		non saltes	non salte	non saltemos	non saltedes	non salten

    Reintegrated conjugation of saltar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	saltar
Personal	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltarem
Gerund
	saltando
Past participle
Masculine	saltado			saltados
Feminine	saltada			saltadas
Indicative
Present	salto	saltas	salta	saltamos	saltades, saltais	saltam
Imperfect	saltava	saltavas	saltava	saltávamos	saltávades, saltáveis, saltávais1	saltavam
Preterite	saltei	saltaste, saltache1	saltou	saltamos	saltastes	saltárom, saltaram
Pluperfect	saltara	saltaras	saltara	saltáramos	saltárades, saltáreis, saltárais1	saltaram
Future	saltarei	saltarás	saltará	saltaremos	saltaredes, saltareis	saltarám, saltarão
Conditional	saltaria	saltarias	saltaria	saltaríamos	saltaríades, saltaríeis, saltaríais1	saltariam
Subjunctive
Present	salte	saltes	salte	saltemos	saltedes, salteis	saltem
Imperfect	saltasse	saltasses	saltasse	saltássemos	saltássedes, saltásseis	saltassem
Future	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltarem
Imperative
Affirmative		salta	salte	saltemos	saltade, saltai	saltem
Negative (nom)		nom saltes	nom salte	nom saltemos	nom saltedes, nom salteis	nom saltem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• salto

Icelandic

Verb

saltar

1. second-person singular active present indicative of salta
2. third-person singular active present indicative of salta

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto salti, French sauter, Italian saltare, Spanish saltar, ultimately from Latin saltāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈtar/

Verb

saltar (present saltas, past saltis, future saltos, conditional saltus, imperative saltez)

1. (intransitive) to leap, jump, bound, hop (upward or forward), vault

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saltar

		present		past		future
infinitive		saltar		saltir		saltor
tense		saltas		saltis		saltos
conditional		saltus
imperative		saltez
adjective active participle		saltanta		saltinta		saltonta
adverbial active participle		saltante		saltinte		saltonte
nominal active participle	singular	saltanto		saltinto		saltonto
	plural	saltanti		saltinti		saltonti

Derived terms

• dorso-salto (“leapfrog”)
• laterala salto (“side jump”)
• risaltar (“to rebound, spring back”)
• saltanta (“leaping, skipping”)
• saltetanta (“leaping, skipping”)
• saltetar (“to hop, skip, caper”)
• saltigar (“to bounce someone”)
• salto (“a leap, jump”)
• saltope (“by leaps and bounds”)
• transsaltar (“to jump across”)
• turno-salto (“summersault”)
• vento-salto (“a shift of wind”)

 

Italian

Verb

saltar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of saltare

Anagrams

• lastra, starla, trasla

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish saltar, from Latin saltāre (“dance, jump”).

Verb

saltar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling סאלטאר)

1. (intransitive) to leap; to jump

   La rapoza marona salta rapido sovre el perro perezozo.

   The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Old Norse

Adjective

saltar

1. strong feminine nominative/accusative plural of saltr

Verb

saltar

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of salta

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese saltar, from Latin saltāre (“to dance; to jump”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈta(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈta(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sawˈta(ɾ)/ [saʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sawˈta(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈta(ɻ)/ [saʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈtaɾ/ [saɫˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈtaɾ/ [saɫˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈta.ɾi/ [saɫˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: sal‧tar

Verb

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

2. (intransitive) to leap; to jump

   Synonym: pular

4. (figurative, intransitive) to jump (to change in value suddenly and greatly)
6. (figurative, intransitive) to be evident

   Synonym: sobressair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saltar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	saltar
Personal	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltarem
Gerund
	saltando
Past participle
Masculine	saltado			saltados
Feminine	saltada			saltadas
Indicative
Present	salto	saltas	salta	saltamos	saltais	saltam
Imperfect	saltava	saltavas	saltava	saltávamos	saltáveis	saltavam
Preterite	saltei	saltaste	saltou	saltamos1, saltámos2	saltastes	saltaram
Pluperfect	saltara	saltaras	saltara	saltáramos	saltáreis	saltaram
Future	saltarei	saltarás	saltará	saltaremos	saltareis	saltarão
Conditional	saltaria	saltarias	saltaria	saltaríamos	saltaríeis	saltariam
Subjunctive
Present	salte	saltes	salte	saltemos	salteis	saltem
Imperfect	saltasse	saltasses	saltasse	saltássemos	saltásseis	saltassem
Future	saltar	saltares	saltar	saltarmos	saltardes	saltarem
Imperative
Affirmative		salta	salte	saltemos	saltai	saltem
Negative (não)		não saltes	não salte	não saltemos	não salteis	não saltem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• salta-atrás
• salta-caminho
• salta-caroço
• salta-cavaco
• salta-cavalo
• salta-chão
• salta-marquês
• salta-martim
• salta-martinho
• salta-montes
• salta-paredes
• salta-pocinhas
• salta-regras
• salta-toco
• saltar fora

 

Related terms

• sair
• saltador
• saltante
• saltão
• saltarilhar
• salto

 

Romanian

Noun

saltar n (plural saltare)

1. Alternative form of sertar

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	saltar	saltarul		saltare	saltarele
genitive-dative	saltar	saltarului		saltare	saltarelor
vocative	saltarule			saltarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish saltar, from Latin saltāre (“dance, jump”). Doublet of sotar, a rare regional term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈtaɾ/ [sal̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧tar

Verb

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

1. to jump

   Synonym: brincar

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 sauté
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

   • 2020 April 1, “De la advertencia a la cárcel: el castigo por saltarse el confinamiento”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Las fuerzas y cuerpos de seguridad del Estado redactaron hasta la media noche del domingo 234.093 sanciones y detuvieron a 1.986 personas por saltarse el confinamiento.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saltar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			saltar
gerund			saltando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		saltado		saltada
		plural		saltados		saltadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salto	saltastú saltásvos	salta	saltamos	saltáis	saltan
	imperfect	saltaba	saltabas	saltaba	saltábamos	saltabais	saltaban
	preterite	salté	saltaste	saltó	saltamos	saltasteis	saltaron
	future	saltaré	saltarás	saltará	saltaremos	saltaréis	saltarán
	conditional	saltaría	saltarías	saltaría	saltaríamos	saltaríais	saltarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salte	saltestú saltésvos2	salte	saltemos	saltéis	salten
	imperfect (ra)	saltara	saltaras	saltara	saltáramos	saltarais	saltaran
	imperfect (se)	saltase	saltases	saltase	saltásemos	saltaseis	saltasen
	future1	saltare	saltares	saltare	saltáremos	saltareis	saltaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		saltatú saltávos	salte	saltemos	saltad	salten
	negative		no saltes	no salte	no saltemos	no saltéis	no salten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of saltar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive saltar
	dative	saltarme	saltarte	saltarle, saltarse	saltarnos	saltaros	saltarles, saltarse
	accusative	saltarme	saltarte	saltarlo, saltarla, saltarse	saltarnos	saltaros	saltarlos, saltarlas, saltarse
with gerund saltando
	dative	saltándome	saltándote	saltándole, saltándose	saltándonos	saltándoos	saltándoles, saltándose
	accusative	saltándome	saltándote	saltándolo, saltándola, saltándose	saltándonos	saltándoos	saltándolos, saltándolas, saltándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative salta
	dative	sáltame	sáltate	sáltale	sáltanos	not used	sáltales
	accusative	sáltame	sáltate	sáltalo, sáltala	sáltanos	not used	sáltalos, sáltalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative saltá
	dative	saltame	saltate	saltale	saltanos	not used	saltales
	accusative	saltame	saltate	saltalo, saltala	saltanos	not used	saltalos, saltalas
with formal second-person singular imperative salte
	dative	sálteme	not used	sáltele, sáltese	sáltenos	not used	sálteles
	accusative	sálteme	not used	sáltelo, sáltela, sáltese	sáltenos	not used	sáltelos, sáltelas
with first-person plural imperative saltemos
	dative	not used	saltémoste	saltémosle	saltémonos	saltémoos	saltémosles
	accusative	not used	saltémoste	saltémoslo, saltémosla	saltémonos	saltémoos	saltémoslos, saltémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative saltad
	dative	saltadme	not used	saltadle	saltadnos	saltaos	saltadles
	accusative	saltadme	not used	saltadlo, saltadla	saltadnos	saltaos	saltadlos, saltadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative salten
	dative	sáltenme	not used	sáltenle	sáltennos	not used	sáltenles, sáltense
	accusative	sáltenme	not used	sáltenlo, sáltenla	sáltennos	not used	sáltenlos, sáltenlas, sáltense

Derived terms

• andar a la que salta
• estar a la que salta
• lomo saltado
• salta tú y dámela tú
• saltamontes
• saltar a la cara
• saltar a la torera
• saltar de la cama
• saltar los plomos
• saltarrocas
• saltarse a la torera

 

Related terms

• salir
• salto

 

Further reading

• “saltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Verb

saltar

1. present indicative of salta

Anagrams

• alstra, lastar, strala

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin saltāre, present active infinitive of saltō. Compare Italian saltare.

Verb

saltar

1. (transitive) to jump or leap

Conjugation

• Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of saltar (first conjugation)

infinitive	saltar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		saltando
past participle		saltà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	salto	(te) salti	(el/ła) salta	saltémo, saltòn	salté	(i/łe) salta
imperfect	saltava	(te) saltavi	(el/ła) saltava	saltàvimo	saltavi	(i/łe) saltava
future	saltarò	(te) saltarè	(el/ła) saltarà	saltarémo	saltarè	(i/łe) saltarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	saltarìa	(te) saltarisi	(el/ła) saltarìa	saltarìsimo	saltarisi	(i/łe) saltarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	salte, salta	(te) salti	(el/ła) salte, (el/ła) salta	saltémo, saltone	salté	(i/łe) salte, (i/łe) salta
imperfect	saltase	(te) saltasi	(el/ła) saltase	saltàsimo	saltasi	(i/łe) saltase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) salta	(el/ła) salta, (el/ła) salte	saltémo	salté	(i/łe) salta, (i/łe) salte