jump

to move your body upwards, especially by using your legs and feet to push yourself off the ground

salto, brincar, saltar

• jump over something

Collocations jump over a fence · jump into the air

• He jumped over the puddle.

  Él saltó sobre el charco.

to join a queue or line, especially to wait for something

unirse a la fila, entrar en una lista de espera

• jump the queue

Collocations jump the queue for tickets · jump to the front of the line

• She jumped the queue and got a ticket.

  Ella se unió a la fila y consiguió una entrada.

to change suddenly from one thing to another, especially in an unexpected way

cambiar de repente, saltar a

• jump from/to something

Collocations jump to conclusions · jump from one subject to another

• He jumped to the conclusion that she was lying.

  Él llegó a la conclusión de que ella estaba mintiendo.

to start suddenly, especially because of electricity or heat

saltar (eléctrico)

• jump with something

Collocations a light bulb jumps with electricity · the fuse jumped because of the heat

• The fuse jumped and cut off the power.

  El fusible saltó y cortó la electricidad.

to compete in a sport that involves jumping over high objects or long distances

saltar en un deporte, competir en salto

• jump in something

Collocations jump in a high jump competition · jump in the long jump event

• She jumped in the long jump and won.

  Ella saltó en el salto largo y ganó.

to move suddenly from one note to another, especially when the notes are far apart

saltar (en música)

• jump an octave

Collocations the melody jumps an octave · a sudden jump in the music

• The melody jumped an octave.

  La melodía saltó una octava.

to increase suddenly and unexpectedly, especially in the price of something

subir bruscamente (en precio)

• jump to a higher level

Collocations prices jumped by 20% · the price of oil jumped

• The price of oil jumped last week.

  El precio del petróleo subió bruscamente la semana pasada.

to move suddenly from one part of a computer program to another, especially when an error occurs

saltar (en computación)

• jump to a different section

Collocations the program jumps to the error handling routine · a sudden jump in the code

• The program jumped to an error handling routine.

  El programa saltó a una rutina de manejo de errores.