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salsa

  • noun
  • sälʹsə

A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.

Other meanings

  1. A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.

  2. Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

A kind of

  • condiment

Related words

  • salsalike
  • salsatheque
  • salsa-like
  • salsamole
  • salsarita
  • salsa golf
  • songo-salsa
  • salsa sauce

Example sentences

  • “Is salsa a type of fruit salad?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "salsus" (salted).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “salsa” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.