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saltón

Spanish, noun/salˈton/

saltón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “grasshopper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does saltón mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bulging; jumping out; sticking out

  2. 2

    jumping

  3. 3

    prominent; noticeable

  4. 4

    Latin-Americawary; suspicious

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegrasshopper

  2. 2

    masculinelarva of cheese fly (Piophila casei)

  3. 3

    masculinepiraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of saltón

  • saltona feminine
  • saltones masculine plural
  • saltonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce saltón?

  • /salˈton/
  • [sal̪ˈt̪õn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is saltón in Spanish?

saltón appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).