salto

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noun

A somersault.

OriginItalian salto ← Latin saltus →
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Meanings

salto1

nounsalto (plural saltos)

plural saltos

  1. gymnasticsA 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

Salto2

proper nounSalto (plural Saltos)

plural Saltos

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
somersault

Origin

salto · noun

  1. Latinsaltus“jump, leap”
  2. Italiansalto“jump, leap”
  3. Englishsalto

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

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Salto · proper noun

  1. SpanishSalto
  2. EnglishSalto

Borrowed from Spanish Salto.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

salto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salto

MLA

“salto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salto. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salto.

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