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"to jump" in seven languages

Meaningto jump

Spanish

saltar

/salˈtaɾ/

inherited

French

sauter

/sote/

inherited

Italian

saltare

/salˈtare/

inherited

Portuguese

pular

/puˈlah/

other source · probably Latin PULLULĀRE 'to sprout, swarm'

Saltar (SALTĀRE) is also used, and is the usual word in Portugal.

Romanian

sări

/səˈri/

other source · Latin SALĪRE 'to jump' (the verb SALTĀRE was built on)

Catalan

saltar

/səlˈta/

inherited

English

jump

/dʒʌmp/

other source · of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative

English → Italianto jumpsaltareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: somersault, assault, salient.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SALTĀRE‘to leap about, dance (from SALĪRE 'to jump')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French turned the l before t into u, so SALTĀRE became sauter; Spanish and Italian kept it. A French sauté dish is 'jumped' in the pan.

English relatives: somersault, assault, salient

Sound laws at work

L before a consonant becomes u

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In a sentence

  • esEl gato saltó a la mesa.
  • frLe chat a sauté sur la table.
  • itIl gatto è saltato sul tavolo.
  • ptO gato pulou na mesa.
  • roPisica a sărit pe masă.
  • caEl gat va saltar a la taula.
  • enThe cat jumped onto the table.

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