saltamontes
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of salta (“to jump”) + montes (“mountains, hills”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /saltaˈmontes/ [sal̪.t̪aˈmõn̪.t̪es]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ontes
- Syllabification: sal‧ta‧mon‧tes
Noun edit
saltamontes m (plural saltamontes)
Further reading edit
- “saltamontes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014