leap

saltar

Impulsarse en el aire o saltar de un lugar a otro.

En inglés sencillo: To jump into the air or from one place to another.

• The frog leaped into the pond.
• She leapt over a fallen branch.
• Can you leap across that stream?

Cómo se usa: leap over/across something (The dog leaped over the fence.); leap from A to B (The cat leapt from the wall to the roof.)

Sinónimos: jump, spring

Expresiones frecuentes: leap over something, leap across something, leap into something

hacer saltar

Hacer que un animal, especialmente un caballo, salte por encima de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make an animal, especially a horse, jump over something.

• He leaped his horse over the fence.
• The rider leapt her mare across the stream.
• Can you leap this pony over the hurdle?

Cómo se usa: leap a horse over/across something (She leaped her horse over the ditch.)

Expresiones frecuentes: leap a horse, leap something over something

salto

Movimiento de saltar por el aire, o distancia recorrida al hacerlo.

En inglés sencillo: A jump through the air, or the distance covered by one.

• One leap took him across the stream.
• The cat reached the shelf with a single leap.
• Her final leap was nearly two metres long.

Sinónimos: jump, bound

Expresiones frecuentes: take a leap, great leap, leap across something, make a leap

salto lógico

Paso brusco de una idea a otra, a menudo sin datos suficientes que lo justifiquen.

En inglés sencillo: A big move from one idea to another, often without enough facts to support it.

• That conclusion requires a huge leap.
• There is a leap in your reasoning here.
• Calling him guilty involves several unsupported leaps of logic.

Sinónimos: jump

Expresiones frecuentes: logical leap, leap in reasoning, leap of logic