saltón

== Galician == === Etymology === From saltar + -ón. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [salˈtoŋ] === Noun === saltón m (plural saltóns) grasshopper ==== Derived terms ==== saltón da area === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “saltón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saltón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saltón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saltón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From salto (“jump”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /salˈton/ [sal̪ˈt̪õn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: sal‧tón === Adjective === saltón (feminine saltona, masculine plural saltones, feminine plural saltonas) bulging; jumping out; sticking out jumping Synonym: saltarín (figurative) prominent; noticeable (Latin America, figurative) wary; suspicious ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === saltón m (plural saltones) grasshopper larva of cheese fly (Piophila casei) Synonym: saltador (Peru) piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum) Synonyms: (Peru) piraiba, (Venezuela) valentón === Further reading === “saltón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “saltón”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010