salsa
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsæl.sə//
- United States//ˈsɑl.sə//
A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.
noun
- 1
A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.
- 2
A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.
- 3
Any of several dances performed to salsa music.
Etymology
PIE word *sḗh₂l Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).
verb
- 1
To dance the salsa.
They salsaed late until the night.
Forms
- plural
- salsas
- past tense
- salsaed
- past participle
- salsaed
- present participle
- salsaing
- third person singular
- salsas
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