saltar

Senses

1. 1.

   to jump, to leap

   to propel oneself off the ground or over something using one's legs

2. 2.

   to skip, to skip over

   to omit or pass over something in a sequence

3. 3.

   to stand out, to be conspicuous

   to be immediately noticeable or obvious to the eye

Examples

• "O gato saltou do telhado para a árvore."

  The cat jumped from the roof to the tree.

• "Vou saltar este capítulo porque já li antes."

  I'm going to skip this chapter because I've read it before.

• "Aquele erro salta aos olhos no relatório."

  That error jumps out at you in the report.

Usage

Common verb in both literal (physical jumping) and figurative contexts. The idiom "saltar aos olhos" means "to be glaringly obvious." Often interchangeable with "pular" in Brazilian Portuguese, though "saltar" is slightly more formal. Takes prepositions like "de" (from) and "para" (to/onto).