salto mortal — meaning in English
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English meaning
- somersault noun A full 360-degree roll of the body, forwards or backwards, either in the air or on the ground, so the feet pass over the head.
Senses
salto mortal is used for these senses in English:
- backflip (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
- frontflip (gymnastics) A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.
- somersault Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
somersault — full definition
- noun A full 360-degree roll of the body, forwards or backwards, either in the air or on the ground, so the feet pass over the head.
- verb To perform this kind of forward or backward roll.