saŭco

See also: sauco and saúco

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English sauce and French sauce, both ultimately from Latin salsus (“salted”). Compare German Soße, Polish sos, Russian соус (sous), Italian salsa, Yiddish סאָס (sos). Doublet of salo and salso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsawt͡so]
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• Rhymes: -awt͡so
• Hyphenation: saŭ‧co

Noun

saŭco (accusative singular saŭcon, plural saŭcoj, accusative plural saŭcojn)

1. sauce (liquid condiment)
2. (colloquial) salsa, usually used in the phrase ĉipsoj kaj saŭco (“chips and salsa, chips and dip”)