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5-letter words (6 found)

ALTOS,LOAST,LOTAS,LOTSA,SALTO,TOLAS,

4-letter words (18 found)

ALSO,ALTO,ALTS,LAST,LATS,LOST,LOTA,LOTS,OAST,OATS,SALT,SLAT,SLOT,SOLA,STOA,TAOS,TOLA,TOSA,

3-letter words (14 found)

ALS,ALT,ATS,LAS,LAT,LOS,LOT,OAT,SAL,SAT,SOL,SOT,TAO,TAS,

2-letter words (10 found)

AL,AS,AT,LA,LO,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 48 words from salto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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salto aslto slato lsato alsto lasto satlo astlo stalo tsalo atslo taslo sltao lstao stlao tslao ltsao tlsao altso latso atlso talso ltaso tlaso salot aslot slaot lsaot alsot lasot saolt asolt soalt osalt aoslt oaslt sloat lsoat solat oslat losat olsat alost laost aolst oalst loast olast satol astol staol tsaol atsol tasol saotl asotl soatl osatl aostl oastl stoal tsoal sotal ostal tosal otsal atosl taosl aotsl oatsl toasl otasl sltoa lstoa stloa tsloa ltsoa tlsoa slota lsota solta oslta losta olsta stola tsola sotla ostla tosla otsla ltosa tlosa lotsa oltsa tolsa otlsa altos latos atlos talos ltaos tlaos alots laots aolts oalts loats olats atols taols aotls oatls toals otals ltoas tloas lotas oltas tolas otlas

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Definitions and meaning of salto

salto

Etymology

From Italian salto (“jump, leap”), from Latin saltus (“jump, leap”). Compare German Salto, French salto, Dutch salto, Hungarian szaltó.

Noun

salto (plural saltos)

  1. (rare) A somersault.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch salto, from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto (plural salto's)

  1. somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation)

Asturian

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Catalan

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsalto]

Noun

salto n

  1. somersault

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • salto in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • salto in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

salto

  1. Alternative form of saltomortale

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.toː/
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to
  • Rhymes: -ɑltoː

Noun

salto m (plural salto's, diminutive saltootje n)

  1. somersault, flip (jump where one makes a 360° rotation) [from 19th c.]

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: salto

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsalto]
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

Noun

salto (accusative singular salton, plural saltoj, accusative plural saltojn)

  1. jump

Related terms

  • salti (“to jump”)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto. Doublet of saut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sal.to/

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. (gymnastics) flip; somersault
    un salto arrière ― a backflip
    un salto avant ― a frontflip

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal.tʊ/

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

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Etymology 2

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto (plural salti)

  1. leap, jump, bound

Related terms

  • saltar (“to jump, leap, bound”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay salto, from Portuguese salto (“jump, leap”), from Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

  • * IPA(key): [sal.to]
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

Noun

salto (first-person possessive saltoku, second-person possessive saltomu, third-person possessive saltonya)

  1. backflip

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal.to/
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Hyphenation: sàl‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural salti)

  1. jump, leap, spring, bound
    Synonym: balzo
  2. (figurative) change, jump, leap, rise, drop
    Synonyms: cambiamento, aumento, caduta
  3. short call, short distance, hop
  4. drop, fall
    Synonym: dislivello
  5. gap
  6. (music) interval, leap
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Turkish: salto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltare

Anagrams

  • Solta, solta, stola

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative of saliō through its past participle saltus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsal.toː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪t̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsal.to/, [ˈsäl̪t̪o]

Verb

saltō (present infinitive saltāre, perfect active saltāvī, supine saltātum); first conjugation

  1. to dance, jump
  2. to portray or represent in a dance, pantomime

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Participle

saltō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of saltus

References

  • “salto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “salto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Adjective

salto

  1. inflection of saltais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

salto m (definite singular saltoen, indefinite plural saltoer, definite plural saltoene)

  1. a somersault

References

  • “salto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of saltomortale

Noun

salto m (definite singular saltoen, indefinite plural saltoar, definite plural saltoane)

  1. a somersault

References

  • “salto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto, from Latin saltus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsal.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -altɔ
  • Syllabification: sal‧to

Noun

salto n

  1. (gymnastics) somersault, flip
    salto w przód ― front flip
    salto w tył ― back flip

Declension

Further reading

  • salto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • salto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -altu, (Brazil) -awtu
  • Hyphenation: sal‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap
    Synonym: pulo
  2. heel (part of shoe)
  3. waterfall
    Synonyms: cascata, queda d'água
Derived terms
  • salto à vara, salto com vara
  • salto em altura
  • salto mortal
  • salto triplo, triplo salto

Etymology 2

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Etymology 3

From Latin saltus. Doublet of souto and soito.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. (archaic) groove, thicket

Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalto/

Noun

salto ? 

  1. liver

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 64

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalto/ [ˈsal̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -alto
  • Syllabification: sal‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin saltus.

Noun

salto m (plural saltos)

  1. jump, leap, jumping
    hacer un salto ― to jump/make a jump
  2. skip
  3. gap; difference
  4. (sports) dive
  5. (sports) jump, vault
  6. waterfall
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of saltar

Further reading

  • “salto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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