salsa

English

Green and red salsa (spicy tomato sauce).

Salsa dancers dancing 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/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsæl.sə/
Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑlsə

Noun

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:
  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.

Derived terms

salsa-like
salsa sauce

Related terms

salt

Descendants

→ Mongolian: салса (salsa)

Translations

spicy tomato sauce

Esperanto: saŭco
Finnish: salsa (fi)
French: sauce salsa f, salsa (fr) f
Japanese: サルサ (sarusa)
Korean: 살사 (salsa)
Polish: salsa (pl) f
Russian: са́льса (ru) f (sálʹsa)
Spanish: salsa mexicana f, salsa picante f
Swedish: salsa (sv) c, tomatsalsa (sv) c

style of music

Esperanto: salso
Finnish: salsa (fi)
French: salsa (fr) f
Marathi: साल्सा n (sālsā)
Mongolian: салса (salsa)
Polish: salsa (pl) f
Portuguese: salsa (pt) f
Russian: са́льса (ru) f (sálʹsa)
Swedish: salsa (sv) c

dance

Czech: salsa (cs) f
Esperanto: salso
Finnish: salsa (fi)
French: salsa (fr) f
Hebrew: סלסה‎ (he)
Marathi: साल्सा m (sālsā)
Polish: salsa (pl) f
Russian: са́льса (ru) f (sálʹsa)
Swedish: salsa (sv) c

References

2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 336.

Verb

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

Salas, salas

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan salsa, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, a noun based on the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of salīre, a verb based on sāl.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salses)

sauce
salsa (music)
salsa (dance)

Derived terms

salsa bolonyesa
salsa de soia
salsar
salsa rolla
salsera

Related terms

salsir
salsitxa

References

“salsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“salsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“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

Etymology

From English salsa. Doublet of sarsa.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa

salsa; a spicy tomato sauce
salsa music
any of several dances performed to salsa music

Czech

Noun

salsa f

salsa (dance)

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.saː/
Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English salsa, from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

salsa (dance)

Derived terms

salsadans
salsaën

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

salsa (spicy tomato sauce)

Related terms

saus

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish salsa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlsɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑls̠ɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
Syllabification^(key): sal‧sa

Noun

salsa

salsa (sauce)
(music) salsa
(dance) salsa

Declension

Inflection of salsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		salsa	salsat
genitive		salsan	salsojen
partitive		salsaa	salsoja
illative		salsaan	salsoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		salsa	salsat
accusative	nom.	salsa	salsat
accusative	gen.	salsan	salsat
genitive		salsan	salsojen salsain^rare
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
instructive		—	salsoin
abessive		salsatta	salsoitta
comitative		—	salsoineen

Possessive forms of salsa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	salsani	salsamme
2nd person	salsasi	salsanne
3rd person	salsansa

Synonyms

(sauce): salsakastike

French

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

salsa (dance or music)
salsa (sauce)

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsalsɐ]

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
Synonyms: mollo, prebe
salt water
Synonym: auga salgada
seawater
Synonym: auga do mar
brine
Synonym: salmoira
(figurative) gift of the gab
salsa (tomato sauce)
salsa (dance)

Derived terms

aínda é máis cara a salsa que o peixe
salseira
salseiro

Related terms

sal

References

“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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sa/
Rhymes: -alsa
Hyphenation: sàl‧sa

Noun

salsa f (plural salse)

sauce

Related terms

salso
salare
sale

Descendants

→ Greek: σάλτσα (sáltsa)
- → Ottoman Turkish: صالچه‎ (salça)
  - Turkish: salça
→ Ottoman Turkish: صالسه‎ (salsa)

Anagrams

lassa

Latin

Adjective

salsa

inflection of salsus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

salsā

ablative feminine singular of salsus

References

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”). Doublet of sos (“sauce”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sa/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -alsa
Syllabification: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa f

salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
salsa (dance)

Declension

Declension of salsa

	singular	plural
nominative	salsa	salsy
genitive	salsy	sals
dative	salsie	salsom
accusative	salsę	salsy
instrumental	salsą	salsami
locative	salsie	salsach
vocative	salso	salsy

Portuguese

salsa

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.sɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.sa/ [ˈsaʊ̯.sa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sɐ/ [ˈsaɫ.sɐ]

Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)
Synonyms: perrexil, salsinha

Derived terms

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

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Noun

salsa f (uncountable)

(music, dance genre) salsa (a music and dance genre influenced by Cuban music, jazz and rock)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish salsa.

Noun

salsa f (plural salse)

salsa

Declension

Declension of salsa

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) salsă	salsa	(niște) salse	salsele
genitive/dative	(unei) salse	salsei	(unor) salse	salselor
vocative	salsă, salso		salselor

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsalsa/ [ˈsal.sa]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -alsa
Syllabification: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
salsa (style of music)
salsa (dance performed to salsa music)

Derived terms

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 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

sal
salar
salso

Descendants

→ Cebuano: salsa
→ Dutch: salsa
→ English: salsa

Adjective

salsa f

feminine singular of salso

Tagalog

Alternative forms

sarsa – common

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sal‧sa

IPA^(key): /ˈsalsa/, [ˈsal.sɐ]

Noun

salsa

dip; sauce
Synonym: sawsawan
salsa (dance)

Derived terms

salsahan
salsahin
salsa pikante

References

“salsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

salsa

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Catalan

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Cebuano

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Czech

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Dutch

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Finnish

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French

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Galician

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Italian

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Latin

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Romanian

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