# salsa
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *séh₂ls
Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).

### Pronunciation

* (US) enPR: sälʹsə, IPA: /ˈsɑl.sə/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈsæl.sə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑlsə

### Noun

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)
* (countable) A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, 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 golf
* salsa-like
* salsamole
* salsa sauce
* songo-salsa

#### Related terms

* salt

#### Descendants

* → Mongolian: салса (salsa)

#### 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, Lassa, 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: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsal.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsal.sa]

### Noun

salsa f (plural salses)
* sauce
* salsa (music)
* salsa (dance)

#### Derived terms

* salsa bolonyesa
* salsa de soia
* salsa rolla
* salsar
* 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, 2025
* “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)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈsɑlsɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlsɑ
* Hyphenation: sal‧sa

### Noun

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

#### Declension

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 :

#### Synonyms

* (sauce): salsakastike

### Further reading

* “salsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

* Audio:(file)

### 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: [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

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “salsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “salsa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “salsa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** 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: /ˈsal.sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: sal‧sa

### Noun

salsa f
* salsa (spicy tomato sauce)
* salsa (dance)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.sɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.sɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaw.sa/ [ˈsaʊ̯.sa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 inglesa
* 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

#### Further reading

* “salsa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Adjective

salsa f
* feminine singular of salso

## Swedish
### Noun

salsa c
* salsa (sauce)
* salsa (style of music)
* salsa (dance)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsalsa/ [ˈsal.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: sal‧sa

### Noun

salsa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐ)
* (dance) salsa
* Alternative form of sarsa

#### Derived terms

* salsahan
* salsahin

#### Related terms

* ensalada
* pandesal
* sal
* saladyo
* salara
* salaryo
* salinidad
* salmuwera
* salsereta
* sarsa
* sarsa agridulse
* sarsa pikante
* sarsiyado

### References

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

### Anagrams

* sasal, salas, Salas