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Definitions and meaning of salsa

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/
• Rhymes: -ɑlsə

Noun

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.
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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• salt

Descendants

• → Mongolian: салса (salsa)

Translations

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)

1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Anagrams

• Salas, salas

Catalan

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsal.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsal.sa]

Noun

salsa f (plural salses)

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

Derived terms

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, 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

Etymology

From English salsa. Doublet of sarsa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa

1. salsa; a spicy tomato sauce
2. salsa music
3. any of several dances performed to salsa music

Czech

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (dance)

Declension

Further reading

• salsa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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)

1. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

• salsadans
• salsaën

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)

Related terms

• saus

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish salsa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salsa

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (sauce): salsakastike

Further reading

• “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

French

Pronunciation

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. salsa (dance or music)
2. 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)

1. sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)

   Synonyms: mollo, prebe

2. salt water

   Synonym: auga salgada

3. seawater

   Synonym: auga do mar

4. brine

   Synonym: salmoira

5. (figurative) gift of the gab
6. salsa (tomato sauce)
7. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

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)

1. 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

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

Adjective

salsā

1. 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/
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
2. salsa (dance)

Declension

Further reading

• salsa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• salsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)

   Synonyms: perrexil, salsinha

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Noun

salsa f (uncountable)

1. (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)

1. salsa

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “salsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Adjective

salsa f

1. feminine singular of salso

Swedish

Noun

salsa c

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

Declension

References

• salsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• salsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• salsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sarsa — common

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalsa/, [ˈsal.sɐ]
• Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Noun

salsa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐ)

1. dip; sauce; gravy

   Synonym: sawsawan

2. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• kondimento

References

• “salsa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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