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salta

1 American  
[sal-tuh, sawl-] / ˈsæl tə, ˈsɔl- /

noun

  1. a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.


Salta 2 American  
[sahl-tah] / ˈsɑl tɑ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Argentina.


Salta British  
/ ˈsalta /

noun

  1. a city in NW Argentina: thermal springs. Pop: 504 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of salta

1900–05; < German Salta < Latin saltā, 2nd-person singular imperative of saltāre to leap; saltant

Example Sentences

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Acto seguido, salta por la ventana como había prometido.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

A phrase later made famous by Marx in the Eighteenth Brumaire in the variant form Hie Rhodus, hie salta.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It was based on a Spanish proverb: Donde menos se piensa salta la liebra.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Schleiermacher, thus exploring the obscure region of the immediate consciousness, or of the aesthetic fact, can almost be heard crying out to his straying contemporaries: Hic Rhodus, hi salta!

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Show in this case, that you are his worthy disciple hic Rhodus, hic salta!

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von