salsa
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).
Pronunciation edit
- (US) enPR: sälʹsə, IPA(key): /ˈsɑl.sə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsæl.sə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑlsə
Noun edit
salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)
- (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[1]:
- 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.")
- (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
- (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.
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Descendants edit
- → Mongolian: салса (salsa)
Translations edit
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References edit
- 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 336.
Verb edit
salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)
- (intransitive) To dance the salsa.
- They salsaed late until the night.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan salsa, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, a noun based on the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), perfect passive participle of salīre, a verb based on sāl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salses)
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “salsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “salsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “salsa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “salsa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English salsa. Doublet of sarsa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sal‧sa
Noun edit
salsa
- salsa; a spicy tomato sauce
- salsa music
- any of several dances performed to salsa music
Czech edit
Noun edit
salsa f
- salsa (dance)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- salsa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English salsa, from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.
Noun edit
salsa m (plural salsa's)
- salsa (dance)
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.
Noun edit
salsa m (plural salsa's)
- salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa
Declension edit
Inflection of salsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | salsa | salsat | ||
genitive | salsan | salsojen | ||
partitive | salsaa | salsoja | ||
illative | salsaan | salsoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | salsa | salsat | ||
accusative | nom. | salsa | salsat | |
gen. | salsan | |||
genitive | salsan | salsojen salsainrare | ||
partitive | salsaa | salsoja | ||
inessive | salsassa | salsoissa | ||
elative | salsasta | salsoista | ||
illative | salsaan | salsoihin | ||
adessive | salsalla | salsoilla | ||
ablative | salsalta | salsoilta | ||
allative | salsalle | salsoille | ||
essive | salsana | salsoina | ||
translative | salsaksi | salsoiksi | ||
abessive | salsatta | salsoitta | ||
instructive | — | salsoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (sauce): salsakastike
Further reading edit
- “salsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salsas)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salsas)
- sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
- salt water
- Synonym: auga salgada
- seawater
- Synonym: auga do mar
- brine
- Synonym: salmoira
- (figurative) gift of the gab
- salsa (tomato sauce)
- salsa (dance)
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “salsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “salsa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “salsa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salse)
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Descendants edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
salsa
- inflection of salsus:
Adjective edit
salsā
References edit
- salsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”). Doublet of sos (“sauce”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa f
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sal‧sa
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salsas)
- parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)
Derived terms edit
- salsa-americana
- salsa-ardente
- salsa-branca
- salsa-brava
- salsa-crespa
- salsa-da-praia
- salsa-de-água
- salsa-de-burro
- salsa-de-castanheiro
- salsa-de-cavalos
- salsa-de-cheiro
- salsa-de-cupim
- salsa-do-brejo
- salsa-do-campo
- salsa-do-mato
- salsa-do-monte
- salsa-do-rio-grande-do-sul
- salsa-do-rio-novo
- salsa-dos-cavalos
- salsa-dos-pântanos
- salsa-gorda
- salsa-leitosa
- salsa-moura
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
salsa f (uncountable)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish salsa.
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salse)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa f (plural salsas)
- sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
- salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
- salsa (style of music)
- salsa (dance performed to salsa music)
Derived terms edit
- dar la salsa
- en su salsa, en su propia salsa
- salsa alfredo
- salsa balandra
- salsa bearnesa
- salsa blanca
- salsa bordelesa
- salsa brava
- salsa cazadora
- salsa criolla
- salsa de menta
- salsa de soja
- salsa de soya
- salsa de tomate
- salsa española
- salsa holandesa
- salsa inglesa
- salsa marinara
- salsa mayordoma
- salsa mil islas
- salsa ravigote
- salsa rosa
- salsa rubia
- salsa siciliana
- salsa suprema
- salsa tártara
- salsa verde
- salsa vinagreta
- salsear
- salsera
- salsereta
- salserilla
- salsero
- salserón
- salseruela
- vale más la salsa que los perdigones
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “salsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Adjective edit
salsa f
Swedish edit
Noun edit
salsa c
Declension edit
Declension of salsa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | salsa | salsan | salsor | salsorna |
Genitive | salsas | salsans | salsors | salsornas |
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Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salsa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐ)
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See also edit
References edit
- “salsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018