saltar
Spanish, verb/salˈtaɾ/
saltar is spelled S-A-L-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saltar is a Spanish verb meaning “to jump” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Impulsarse o lanzarse al aire”.
What does saltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump
- 2
to skip; miss (a meal etc.)
saltarse el desayuno
- 3
to sauté
- 4
to miss (accidentally)
Sin querer, se saltó un par de líneas en el texto.
- 5
to break, breach (rules etc.)
saltarse las normas
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Impulsarse o lanzarse al aire. 2. Lanzarse al vacío. 3. Acción de un objeto que se separa rápidamente de un lugar y se detiene en otro. 4. Surgir de repente.
verb: 1. Variante de saltear.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saltar
- salto first-person present singular
- salté first-person preterite singular
- saltado participle past
- saltando gerund
- saltada feminine participle past
- saltados masculine participle past
- saltadas feminine participle past
- saltas indicative informal present
- saltás indicative informal present
- salta indicative present singular
- saltamos first-person indicative plural
- saltáis indicative plural present
- saltan indicative plural present
- saltaba first-person imperfect indicative
- saltabas imperfect indicative second-person
- saltábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- saltabais imperfect indicative plural
- saltaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saltar?
- /salˈtaɾ/
- [sal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saltar in Spanish?
saltar appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).