saltellare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to hop; to skip
  2. (intransitive) to palpitate; to beat
  3. (intransitive, literary) to appear intermittently; to pop in and out of the scene, etc.

Synonyms

salticchiare

saltare qua e là

saltarellare

fare salti

Frequency

29k
Hyphenated as
sal‧tel‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sal.telˈla.re/
Etymology

From saltare (“to hop”) + -ell- (diminutive).

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