salta

See also: Salta, saltá, saltà, saltâ, saltā, sălta, sälta, and șaltă

Asturian

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Gothic

Romanization

salta

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al̥ta

Etymology 1

Noun

salta n

1. indefinite genitive plural of salt

Etymology 2

Verb

salta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saltaði, supine saltað)

1. to salt (to sprinkle with salt)
2. to salt, to cure

Conjugation

salta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að salta
supine sagnbót		saltað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		saltandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	salta	saltaði		salti	saltaði
	þú	saltar	saltaðir		saltir	saltaðir
	hann, hún, það	saltar	saltaði		salti	saltaði
plural	við	söltum	söltuðum		söltum	söltuðum
	þið	saltið	söltuðuð		saltið	söltuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	salta	söltuðu		salti	söltuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	salta (þú), saltaðu
plural	þið	saltið (þið), saltiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

saltast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að saltast
supine sagnbót		saltast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		saltandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	saltast	saltaðist		saltist	saltaðist
	þú	saltast	saltaðist		saltist	saltaðist
	hann, hún, það	saltast	saltaðist		saltist	saltaðist
plural	við	söltumst	söltuðumst		söltumst	söltuðumst
	þið	saltist	söltuðust		saltist	söltuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	saltast	söltuðust		saltist	söltuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	saltast (þú), saltastu
plural	þið	saltist (þið), saltisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

saltaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	saltaður	söltuð	saltað	saltaðir	saltaðar	söltuð
accusative (þolfall)	saltaðan	saltaða	saltað	saltaða	saltaðar	söltuð
dative (þágufall)	söltuðum	saltaðri	söltuðu	söltuðum	söltuðum	söltuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	saltaðs	saltaðrar	saltaðs	saltaðra	saltaðra	saltaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	saltaði	saltaða	saltaða	söltuðu	söltuðu	söltuðu
accusative (þolfall)	saltaða	söltuðu	saltaða	söltuðu	söltuðu	söltuðu
dative (þágufall)	saltaða	söltuðu	saltaða	söltuðu	söltuðu	söltuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	saltaða	söltuðu	saltaða	söltuðu	söltuðu	söltuðu

Anagrams

• alast, lasta, salat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: sàl‧ta

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• lasta

Latin

Verb

saltā

1. active imperative singular of saltō

Latvian

Adjective

salta

1. inflection of salts:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• saltene (of noun)
• saltet (of verb)

Noun

salta n

1. definite plural of salt

Verb

salta

1. inflection of salte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

salta n

1. definite plural of salt

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Verb

salta

1. to salt, pickle

Conjugation

Conjugation of salta — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	salta
present participle	saltandi
past participle	saltaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	salta	saltaða		salta	saltaða
2nd person singular	saltar	saltaðir		saltir	saltaðir
3rd person singular	saltar	saltaði		salti	saltaði
1st person plural	sǫltum	sǫltuðum		saltim	saltaðim
2nd person plural	saltið	sǫltuðuð		saltið	saltaðið
3rd person plural	salta	sǫltuðu		salti	saltaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	salta
1st person plural	sǫltum
2nd person plural	saltið

Conjugation of salta — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	saltask
present participle	saltandisk
past participle	saltazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sǫltumk	sǫltuðumk		sǫltumk	sǫltuðumk
2nd person singular	saltask	saltaðisk		saltisk	saltaðisk
3rd person singular	saltask	saltaðisk		saltisk	saltaðisk
1st person plural	sǫltumsk	sǫltuðumsk		saltimsk	saltaðimsk
2nd person plural	saltizk	sǫltuðuzk		saltizk	saltaðizk
3rd person plural	saltask	sǫltuðusk		saltisk	saltaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	saltask
1st person plural	sǫltumsk
2nd person plural	saltizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: salte
• Norwegian Bokmål: salte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

salta

1. inflection of saltr (“salty”):
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Noun

salta

1. indefinite genitive plural of salt (“salt”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “salta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Verb

salta

1. to salt, pickle

Conjugation

Conjugation of salta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	salta				—
participle	saltandi, -e				saltaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	saltar	salti, -e	—		saltaþi, -e	saltaþi, -e
þū	saltar	salti, -e	salta		saltaþi, -e	saltaþi, -e
han	saltar	salti, -e	—		saltaþi, -e	saltaþi, -e
vīr	saltum, -om	saltum, -om	saltum, -om		saltaþum, -om	saltaþum, -om
īr	saltin	saltin	saltin		saltaþin	saltaþin
þēr	salta	saltin	—		saltaþu, -o	saltaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—		—	—
þū	—	—	—		—	—
han	—	—	—		—	—
vīr	—	—	—		—	—
īr	—	—	—		—	—
þēr	—	—	—		—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: salta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.tɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.tɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.ta/ [ˈsaʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.tɐ/ [ˈsaɫ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: sal‧ta
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

salta

1. inflection of saltar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish salta, from Old Norse salta, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną.

Verb

salta (present saltar, preterite saltade, supine saltat, imperative salta)

1. to salt (food or roads)
2. to request much more payment than anticipated or deemed reasonable for a given, performed, piece of work

   Innan snickaren börjar arbeta, be honom uppskatta vad det kommer kosta så att han inte saltar räkningen efteråt.

   Before the carpenter starts to work, ask him to estimate what it will cost so that he cannot request unreasonably high payment afterwards.

Conjugation

Conjugation of salta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	salta		saltas
supine	saltat		saltats
imperative	salta		—
imper. plural1	salten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	saltar	saltade	saltas	saltades
ind. plural1	salta	saltade	saltas	saltades
subjunctive2	salte	saltade	saltes	saltades
present participle		saltande
past participle		saltad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• saltning

Etymology 2

Adjective

salta

1. inflection of salt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• salta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• salta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• salta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lasta, talas

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish saltar. Doublet of jota.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salˈta/ [sɐlˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sal‧ta

Noun

saltá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. leap; jump

   Synonyms: lukso, lundag, igpaw

2. (printing) omission; skip

   Synonyms: liban, salto, pagsalto, palyo, pagpalyo, omisyon

3. act of climbing a slope

   Synonyms: ahon, pag-ahon

4. act of going up the stairs or a ladder

   Synonyms: panhik, pagpanhik, akyat, pag-akyat

5. act of rising (as of water in a pipe, etc.)

   Synonyms: akyat, pag-akyat, sampa, pagsampa

6. landing (as of invading marines from water)

   Synonyms: sampa, pagsampa, ahon, pag-ahon

7. (finance, colloquial) entry; coming in (of money as income)

Derived terms

• bagong salta
• isalta
• masalta
• pagsalta
• saltahan
• saltahin

See also

• kandirit

Further reading

• “salta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• salat, talas