ensalada

Asturian

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensalaes)

1. salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.səˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.saˈla.ða]

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensalades)

1. (Valencia) salad

   Synonym: amanida

Derived terms

• ensalada niçarda
• ensalada russa

Further reading

• “ensalada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ensalada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables)

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 404.

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Portuguese

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. Alternative form of salada

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Spanish

Etymology

From Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Cognates include Italian insalata, Portuguese salada, and French salade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ensaˈlada/ [ẽn.saˈla.ð̞a]

• Audio (Spain):

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Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. salad
2. a genre of secular polyphonic music popular in 16th century Spain
3. mix-up; muddle

Derived terms

• centrifugadora para ensalada
• ensalada chilena
• ensalada rusa
• ensaladilla

 

See also

• la ensalada, poco vinagre y bien aceitada (folk saying from Spain; becoming dated)

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28