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salto

salto noun: a somersault.

Noun

salto (plural saltos)

  1. A somersault.
    • I originally thought I'd impress Bela with my fullout dismount (two saltos in a tucked position with a 360-degree twist on the second salto), but I hadn't perfected it on a hard landing surface yet.2012, Dominique Moceanu, Off Balance: A Memoir, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page unknown

Proper noun capitalized: Salto

Salto (plural Saltos)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of salto

Noun
pluralsaltos
Proper noun
pluralSaltos

Origin of salto

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

Borrowed from Spanish Salto.

Phrases with salto

Questions about salto

What does salto mean?
Salto means a somersault.
What part of speech is salto?
Salto can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of salto?
The plural of salto is saltos.

Words near salto in the dictionary

  1. saltmouth
  2. saltmouths
  3. saltmyrtle
  4. saltness
  5. Saltney
  6. salto
  7. salto mortale
  8. saltometer
  9. saltometers
  10. Salton City
  11. Salton Sea

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