Salto

[ sahl-taw ]

noun

1. a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.

Salto

/ ˈsalto /

noun

1. a port in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River. It is Uruguay's second largest city. Pop: 105 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Born in Salto, Uruguay's second-most populous city where Manchester United's Edinson Cavani was also born just 21 days later, Suarez was brought up in a large family with little money - so much so that his mum Sandra once described how they could never afford a pair of football boots for him.

From BBC

While the squad succeeded in all four apparatuses — with only one major error when Chiles fell while mounting the beam with a front pike salto — it was Biles' final floor routine that clinched the victory, earning her a score of 14.666.

From Salon

Renata Adler habla de ello en su novela Lancha rápida: “Eso fue un sueño”, escribe, “pero he descubierto que muchas de las cosas más importantes son las que aprendes durmiendo. La oratoria, el tenis, la música, el esquí, los modales, el amor… Lo intentas despierta y tal vez te rindas ante el obstáculo, pero enseguida has dado el salto. Has cogido el ritmo, de una vez por todas, durmiendo por la noche”.

From New York Times

En cierta medida, este salto era de esperarse.

From New York Times

"The 2022 tax collection was heavily influenced by oil prices and inflation," said Felipe Salto, chief economist at brokerage Warren Rena, flagging the silver lining of lower borrowing costs.

From Reuters