il sauta

jumped, skipped

→ sauter
saut to jump, to leap + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #22,196
jumped This is the literary past tense, usually used in written narratives.
FR: Le chat sauta sur le canapé.
EN: The cat jumped onto the sofa.
skipped This is the literary past tense, usually used in written narratives.
FR: Elle sauta une classe à l’école.
EN: She skipped a grade at school.
Conjugation of sauter
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third sauta —

Il sauta une classe.

He skipped a grade.

Son cheval sauta par-dessus la palissade.

His horse jumped over the fence.

Il sauta sur l'occasion.

He jumped at the opportunity.

Il sauta dans le train.

He jumped on the train.

Tom sauta.

Tom jumped.

Tom sauta du bateau.

Tom jumped out of the boat.

Il sauta par-dessus la flaque.

He jumped over the puddle.

Il sauta dans l'eau.

He jumped into the water.

Il sauta par-dessus un fossé.

He jumped over a ditch.

Il était une fois un garçon dont les parents étaient malades et qui sauta.

Once upon a time, there was a boy whose parents were sick, and he jumped.

— Tigre & Dragon (2000)

Il sauta hors du lit.

He jumped out of bed.

La carpe sauta hors de l’eau.

The carp jumped out of the water.

Le voleur sauta par-dessus le comptoir pour accéder à la caisse enregistreuse.

The thief jumped over the counter to access the cash register.

Cookie sauta sur Kate.

Cookie jumped on Kate.

Il sauta par la fenêtre et atterrit dans la neige fraîche.

He jumped out the window and landed in the fresh snow.

— Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Passepartout sauta à terre.

Passepartout jumped down.

Ken sauta par-dessus le mur.

Ken jumped over the wall.

Il sauta par-dessus le fossé peu profond.

He jumped over the shallow ditch.

Mais brusquement il sauta de sa chaise et s'éloigna du mur.

But suddenly he jumped out of his chair and moved away from the wall.

Elle sauta de joie.

She jumped for joy.