salto

Meaning

1. (masculine) jump, leap
2. (masculine) heel (part of shoe)
3. (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine) Short for salto-alto (“high heels”).
4. (masculine) waterfall

Frequency

Hyphenated as

sal‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaw.tu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

New

saltar

(intransitive) to leap; to jump
(figuratively,intransitive) to jump (to change in value suddenly and greatly)
(figuratively,intransitive) to be evident

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Sentences

Do bem ao mal , há apenas um
1

pequeno salto .

From good to evil, there is only a small leap.

Um
1

skatista completa um
1

salto enquanto outro homem
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o

registra .

A skateboarder completes a jump while another man records it.

Um
1

ciclista está realizando um
1

salto enquanto outros ciclistas aguardam e assistem .

A cyclist is performing a jump while other cyclists wait and watch.

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