saltón

See also: salton

Galician

Etymology

From saltar + -ón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [salˈtoŋ]

Noun

saltón m (plural saltóns)

  1. grasshopper

Derived terms

  • saltón da area

References

  • salton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • saltón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • saltón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • saltón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From salto (jump) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /salˈton/ [sal̪ˈt̪õn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: sal‧tón

Adjective

saltón (feminine saltona, masculine plural saltones, feminine plural saltonas)

  1. bulging; jumping out; sticking out
  2. jumping
    Synonym: saltarín
  3. (figurative) prominent; noticeable
  4. (Latin America, figurative) wary; suspicious

Derived terms

  • pulso saltón

Noun

saltón m (plural saltones)

  1. grasshopper
  2. larva of cheese fly (Piophila casei)
    Synonym: saltador
  3. (Peru) piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum)
    Synonyms: (Peru) piraiba, (Venezuela) valentón

Further reading

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