salsa

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English

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Green and red salsa (spicy tomato sauce).
Salsa dancers dancing salsa.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish salsa (sauce), from Latin salsus (salted), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).

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Noun

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salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

  1. (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.")
  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.

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Descendants

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  • Mongolian: салса (salsa)

Translations

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References

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

Verb

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salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)

  1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.
    They salsaed late until the night.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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salsa f (plural salses)

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

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English salsa. Doublet of sarsa.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Noun

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salsa

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

Czech

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Noun

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salsa f

  1. salsa (dance)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • salsa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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salsa m (plural salsa's)

  1. salsa (dance)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

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salsa m (plural salsa's)

  1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Spanish salsa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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salsa

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

Declension

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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
gen. salsan
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
abessive salsatta salsoitta
instructive salsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of salsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salsani salsani
accusative nom. salsani salsani
gen. salsani
genitive salsani salsojeni
salsaini rare
partitive salsaani salsojani
inessive salsassani salsoissani
elative salsastani salsoistani
illative salsaani salsoihini
adessive salsallani salsoillani
ablative salsaltani salsoiltani
allative salsalleni salsoilleni
essive salsanani salsoinani
translative salsakseni salsoikseni
abessive salsattani salsoittani
instructive
comitative salsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salsasi salsasi
accusative nom. salsasi salsasi
gen. salsasi
genitive salsasi salsojesi
salsaisi rare
partitive salsaasi salsojasi
inessive salsassasi salsoissasi
elative salsastasi salsoistasi
illative salsaasi salsoihisi
adessive salsallasi salsoillasi
ablative salsaltasi salsoiltasi
allative salsallesi salsoillesi
essive salsanasi salsoinasi
translative salsaksesi salsoiksesi
abessive salsattasi salsoittasi
instructive
comitative salsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salsamme salsamme
accusative nom. salsamme salsamme
gen. salsamme
genitive salsamme salsojemme
salsaimme rare
partitive salsaamme salsojamme
inessive salsassamme salsoissamme
elative salsastamme salsoistamme
illative salsaamme salsoihimme
adessive salsallamme salsoillamme
ablative salsaltamme salsoiltamme
allative salsallemme salsoillemme
essive salsanamme salsoinamme
translative salsaksemme salsoiksemme
abessive salsattamme salsoittamme
instructive
comitative salsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salsanne salsanne
accusative nom. salsanne salsanne
gen. salsanne
genitive salsanne salsojenne
salsainne rare
partitive salsaanne salsojanne
inessive salsassanne salsoissanne
elative salsastanne salsoistanne
illative salsaanne salsoihinne
adessive salsallanne salsoillanne
ablative salsaltanne salsoiltanne
allative salsallenne salsoillenne
essive salsananne salsoinanne
translative salsaksenne salsoiksenne
abessive salsattanne salsoittanne
instructive
comitative salsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative salsansa salsansa
accusative nom. salsansa salsansa
gen. salsansa
genitive salsansa salsojensa
salsainsa rare
partitive salsaansa salsojaan
salsojansa
inessive salsassaan
salsassansa
salsoissaan
salsoissansa
elative salsastaan
salsastansa
salsoistaan
salsoistansa
illative salsaansa salsoihinsa
adessive salsallaan
salsallansa
salsoillaan
salsoillansa
ablative salsaltaan
salsaltansa
salsoiltaan
salsoiltansa
allative salsalleen
salsallensa
salsoilleen
salsoillensa
essive salsanaan
salsanansa
salsoinaan
salsoinansa
translative salsakseen
salsaksensa
salsoikseen
salsoiksensa
abessive salsattaan
salsattansa
salsoittaan
salsoittansa
instructive
comitative salsoineen
salsoinensa

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French

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Noun

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salsa f (plural salsas)

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

Galician

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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)

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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salsa f (plural salse)

  1. sauce
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Descendants

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Latin

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Adjective

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salsa

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

Adjective

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salsā

  1. ablative feminine singular of salsus

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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salsa f

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

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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salsa

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: sal‧sa

Etymology 1

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From Latin salsa herba (salted herb).

Noun

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salsa f (plural salsas)

  1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)
    Synonyms: perrexil, salsinha
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Noun

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salsa f (uncountable)

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish salsa.

Noun

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salsa f (plural salse)

  1. salsa

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Adjective

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salsa f

  1. feminine singular of salso

Swedish

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Noun

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salsa c

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

Declension

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Declension of salsa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative salsa salsan salsor salsorna
Genitive salsas salsans salsors salsornas

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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salsa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐ)

  1. dip; sauce; gravy
    Synonym: sawsawan
  2. salsa (dance)

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See also

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References

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

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