saltitar
Portuguese, verb/saw.t͡ʃiˈta(ʁ)/
saltitar is spelled S-A-L-T-I-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saltitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make a series of hops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar saltos pequenos e frequentes”.
What does saltitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make a series of hops
- 2
to change the subject frequently
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar saltos pequenos e frequentes
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saltitar
- saltito first-person present singular
- saltitei first-person preterite singular
- saltitado participle past
- saltitares infinitive second-person singular
- saltitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- saltitardes infinitive plural second-person
- saltitarem infinitive plural third-person
- saltitando gerund
- saltitados masculine participle past
- saltitada feminine participle past
- saltitadas feminine participle past
- saltitas indicative present second-person
- saltita indicative present singular
- saltitamos first-person indicative plural
- saltitais indicative plural present
- saltitam indicative plural present
- saltitava first-person imperfect indicative
- saltitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saltitar?
- Brazil /saw.t͡ʃiˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈta(h)]
- /saw.t͡ʃiˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saltitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saltitar in Portuguese?
saltitar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).