salsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: sälʹsə, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.sə/

Noun

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.
   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎:

     Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs – topped with every imaginable condiment – hot mustard, sweet mustard, jalapenos, spaghetti sauce, regular relish, corn relish, maple syrup salsa and the secret sauce of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). ("If I told you the recipe," an aide explained, "I'd have to shoot you.")

2. (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
3. (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

Verb

salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Anagrams

• Salas, salas

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.

Noun

salsa f (plural salses)

1. sauce
2. salsa (music)
3. salsa (dance)

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (dance)

Further reading

• salsa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa

1. salsa (sauce)
2. (music) salsa
3. (dance) salsa

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.

Noun

salsa f (plural salse)

1. sauce

Anagrams

• lassa

Adjective

salsa

1. nominative feminine singular of salsus
2. nominative neuter plural of salsus
3. accusative neuter plural of salsus
4. vocative feminine singular of salsus
5. vocative neuter plural of salsus

salsā

1. ablative feminine singular of salsus

References

• salsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɫ.sɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalsa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. sauce (liquid condiment)
2. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
3. salsa (style of music)
4. salsa (dance performed to salsa music)