somersault
voltereta
definition
verb
his car somersaulted into a ditch
perform a somersault, or make a similar movement accidentally.
noun
a backward somersault
an acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet.
translation of 'somersault'
verb
dar un salto mortal,
dar una vuelta de campanas
noun
voltereta,
salto mortal
example
I believe you can gyrate on the 'somersault' , get your feet down as best as you can, and push off and go very fast off the wall.
Gymnasts start early and children as young as two use soft apparatus to learn their first 'somersault' and handspring, under the watchful eyes of more than 20 qualified coaches.
He was awarded 9.80 points for his vault - a handspring 'somersault' with forward salto.
Paula's stomach turned a 'somersault'
Now a pirouette has been added to Korbut's loop and several young ladies do a backward 'somersault' on the beam twice in a row.
With practice, the momentum created by the dolphin kick and hand movement initiating your 'somersault' should allow you to land aggressively at the wall.
His heart turned a 'somersault' at her use of his given name.
I did a neat backward 'somersault' and landed in the river in a welter of blue and silver, unpleasantly aware I could not swim.
He launched himself off the roof, performed a double 'somersault' and landed on his feet unharmed.
Eventually they may learn to do a 'somersault' in the water by adapting their land movements to the water, but that doesn't mean they are doing it as efficiently as an aquatic creature would do it.
a backward 'somersault'
Once he bungled a 'somersault' , but managed such a smooth entry into the next exercise that the spectators never suspected that anything was amiss.
My intention was this: to do a round-off on to a trampette then tuck backwards into a 'somersault' and land on my feet.
I did a 'somersault' and landed gracefully on my feet.
Finally he came down in a 'somersault' and landed on one knee.
I dove to my left again, and this time rolled into a 'somersault' that landed me in a thicket of mountain laurel at the base of the ridge.
a backward 'somersault'
I remember the fans gasping at Lyukin's triple 'somersault' in the floor exercises for the Moscow News prize.
Paula's stomach turned a 'somersault'
The driver and his three passengers were injured after the car went out of control and 'somersaulted' into a farmer's field.
Every minute of the training session is planned: she does warming up exercises slowly and thoroughly, does her pull ups on the wall bars, then to the trampoline for a few light and graceful leaps and 'somersaults' .
It is understood that the teenager was a front seat passenger in the car which careered off the narrow road and 'somersaulted' before crashing into trees.
A resident in Meggeson Avenue said: ‘I think the car knocked down a lamppost and 'somersaulted' quite a few times.’
Yet the product that emerged, as the Russians soared and twisted and 'somersaulted' , was one of grace and elegance and hard-to-imagine body control.
When she wouldn't stop 'somersaulting' and cartwheeling in the front room we decided to take her dancing.
But that did not keep her from 'somersaulting' to the top in the Soviet world of gymnastics.
The new fence is designed so that the top rail drops to one side when hit by a horse, saving the animal and rider from 'somersaulting' .
Our keep-fit sessions were such fun - we hopped on one leg, 'somersaulted' , balanced and scissored and although you loved to show off your skills, you loved me joining in.
She still has ambitious goals: reading, backward 'somersaults' , swimming, tying shoes.
While to the ordinary eye the witch is indistinguishable from those around her, to the priest she appears to be 'somersaulting' through the air and turning cartwheels.
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