saltarse - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to jump  | jumped, jumped |	saltar
to dive  | dived/dove, dived |	saltar
to leap  | leaped/leapt, leaped/leaptleaped/leapt |	saltar
to bounce  | bounced, bounced |   - jump	saltar
to spring  | sprang, sprung |   - jump	saltar
to bound  | bounded, bounded |   - jump	saltar
to skip  | skipped, skipped | (Brit.) [SPORT.]	saltar   - a la comba
to hop  | hopped, hopped |	saltar (a la pata coja)
to go off   also  [fig.]	saltar
to splinter (sth.)  | splintered, splintered |	saltar
to explode  | exploded, exploded |   - break apart	saltar
to burst  | burst, burst |	saltar   - estallar
to snap open  | snapped, snapped |	saltar   - cerradura, etc.
to blow up  | blew, blown |   also  [fig.]	saltar   - explotar

Adjectives / Adverbs

conspicuous  adj.	que salta a la vista
glaring  adj.   - obvious	que salta a la vista

Phrases / Collocations

to skip sth.  | skipped, skipped | [EDUC.]	saltarse las clases [fig.] [coll.]   [School]
to bunk off (Brit.) [EDUC.]	saltarse las clases [fig.] [coll.]   [School]
to skip class (Brit.) [EDUC.]	saltarse las clases [fig.] [coll.]   [School]
to call in sick  | called, called | [EDUC.]   - school	saltarse las clases [fig.] [coll.]   [School]
to skive  | skived, skived | (Brit.) [sl.] [EDUC.]	saltarse las clases [fig.] [coll.]   [School]
to misbehave  | misbehaved, misbehaved |	saltarse todas las vallas [fig.]
to jump for joy	saltar de alegría
to attract attention  | attracted, attracted |	saltar a la vista [fig.]
to be conspicuous  | was, been |	saltar a la vista [fig.]
to catch so.'s eye	saltar a la vista [fig.]
to stand out	saltar a la vista [fig.]
to pop  | popped, popped |	hacer saltar
to detonate (sth.)  | detonated, detonated |	hacer algo saltar por los aires [coll.]
All hell breaks loose.	de repente salta un caos

Examples

The children love to jump on the trampoline.	A los niños les encanta saltar en el trampolín.
My dog can do a lot of tricks, like jumping over a crate.	Mi perro sabe hacer muchos trucos, como el de saltar sobre una caja.
The circus performer jumped through a flaming ring.	El acróbata del circo saltó a través de un aro en llamas.
The cat jumped to the top of the fence.	El gato saltó a la punta de la valla.

Orthographically similar words

salvarse, soltarse