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salsateca
noun, feminine
a salsatheque; a discotheque that only plays salsa music
salsear
verb
to add sauce to; to sauce up; to gossip
salseo
noun, masculine
gossip
salsera
noun, feminine
a small bowl for serving salsa or other sauces; mixing bowl (for sauces, colors etc.); female equivalent of salsero
salsero
adjective
salsa; salsa-loving
salsero
noun, masculine
salsa musician
salsifí
noun, masculine
oyster plant
salso
adjective
salty
saltación
noun, feminine
saltation
saltacuerda
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of saltacuerdas
saltacuerdas
noun, masculine
jump rope (activity, game or exercise); jump rope (the length of the rope used in that activity)
saltado
adjective
prominent; sticking out; stir-fried
saltador
noun, masculine
jumper; diver; pogo stick
saltamontes
noun, masculine
grasshopper
saltamuros
noun, masculine/feminine
a Mexican person
saltante
adjective
outstanding; exceptional
saltapared
noun, masculine
canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
saltar
verb
to jump; to skip; miss (a meal etc.); to sauté; to miss (accidentally); to break, breach (rules etc.)
saltar a la cara
verb
to jump out (at you)
saltar de la cama
verb
to jump out of bed
saltarrocas
noun, masculine
klipspringer
saltarse a la torera
verb
to flout; ignore (a rule or duty)
saltarín
adjective
jumping
saltarín
noun, masculine
any of various small songbirds, especially flycatchers.
saltatrás
noun, masculine/feminine
a descendant of mestizos with characteristics of only one race.; a child of an albino and a Spaniard
salteado
noun, masculine
stir-fry, stirfry
salteador
noun, masculine
marauder (one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder); highwayman (person who robs travellers on roads); jaeger
salteador chico
noun, masculine
Arctic skua
salteador chileno
noun, masculine
Chilean skua (Stercorarius chilensis)
saltear
verb
to sauté, to stir-fry, to pan fry; to skip (disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage))
salteo
noun, masculine
sauté
salterio
noun, masculine
psaltery; psalter
salteño
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Salta or surrounding Salta province, Argentina or the city of Salto, Salto department, Uruguay
salteño
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of the city of Salta or surrounding Salta province, Argentina or the city of Salto, Salto department, Uruguay (usually male)
saltillense
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Saltillo, capital of Coahuila, Mexico
saltillense
noun, masculine/feminine
native or inhabitant of the city of Saltillo, capital of Coahuila, Mexico
saltillo
noun, masculine
saltillo; a (relatively small) waterfall
saltimbanqui
noun, masculine
a quack, charlatan; acrobat, equilibrist
salto
noun, masculine
jump, leap, jumping; skip; gap; difference; dive; jump, vault
salto BASE
noun, masculine
BASE jumping
salto con pértiga
noun, masculine
pole vault
salto de agua
noun, masculine
waterfall
salto de altura
noun, masculine
high jump
salto de cama
noun, masculine
a kind of nightgown
salto de carnero
noun, masculine
flyover, flying junction
salto de fe
noun, masculine
leap of faith
salto de longitud
noun, masculine
long jump
salto de potro
noun, masculine
vault
salto de ángel
noun, masculine
swan dive
salto ecuestre
noun, masculine
show jumping
salto elástico
noun, feminine
bungee jumping
salto mortal
noun, masculine
airborne somersault
salto triple
noun, masculine
triple jump
saltos
noun, masculine
jumping jacks; diving
saltos en esquí
noun, masculine
ski jumping
saltígrado
adjective
saltigrade
saltón
adjective
bulging; jumping out; sticking out; jumping; prominent; noticeable; wary; suspicious
saltón
noun, masculine
grasshopper; larva of cheese fly (Piophila casei); piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
salu2
noun
abbreviation of saludos
salubre
adjective
healthy, healthful, salubrious