"salsa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɑl.sə/ [US], /ˈsæl.sə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-salsa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: salsas [plural]
enPR: sälʹsə Rhymes: -ɑlsə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|salsa||sauce}} Spanish salsa (“sauce”), {{der|en|la|salsus||salted}} Latin salsus (“salted”), {{doublet|en|sauce|notext=1}} sauce Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)
  1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Sauces Translations (spicy tomato sauce): salsa (Afrikaans), saŭco (Esperanto), salsa (Finnish), sauce salsa [feminine] (French), salsa [feminine] (French), サルサ (sarusa) (Japanese), 살사 (salsa) (Korean), salsa [feminine] (Polish), са́льса (sálʹsa) [feminine] (Russian), salsa mexicana [feminine] (Spanish), salsa picante [feminine] (Spanish), salsa [common-gender] (Swedish), tomatsalsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-salsa-en-noun-aHBlultK Disambiguation of Sauces: 82 8 8 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 18 24 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 28 21 3 Disambiguation of 'spicy tomato sauce': 93 5 2
  2. (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (style of music): salsa (Afrikaans), salso (Esperanto), salsa (Finnish), salsa [feminine] (French), साल्सा (sālsā) [neuter] (Marathi), салса (salsa) (Mongolian), salsa [feminine] (Polish), salsa [feminine] (Portuguese), са́льса (sálʹsa) [feminine] (Russian), salsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-salsa-en-noun-PO8tMFPo Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'style of music': 0 67 32
  3. (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-salsa-en-noun-bJIvfSpS Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: salsa golf, salsa-like, salsamole, salsa sauce, songo-salsa Related terms: salt Translations (dance): salsa (Afrikaans), salsa [feminine] (Czech), salso (Esperanto), salsa (Finnish), salsa [feminine] (French), סלסה (Hebrew), साल्सा (sālsā) [masculine] (Marathi), salsa [feminine] (Polish), са́льса (sálʹsa) [feminine] (Russian), salsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'dance': 0 48 52

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɑl.sə/ [US], /ˈsæl.sə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-salsa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: salsas [present, singular, third-person], salsaing [participle, present], salsaed [participle, past], salsaed [past]
enPR: sälʹsə Rhymes: -ɑlsə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|salsa||sauce}} Spanish salsa (“sauce”), {{der|en|la|salsus||salted}} Latin salsus (“salted”), {{doublet|en|sauce|notext=1}} sauce Head templates: {{en-verb}} salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)
  1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-salsa-en-verb-jcscTMgW

Inflected forms

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      "text": "→ Mongolian: салса (salsa)"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "es",
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        "5": "sauce"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "salsas",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "salt"
    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.\")",
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        }
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        "A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tomato sauce",
          "tomato sauce"
        ],
        [
          "onion",
          "onion"
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        [
          "pepper",
          "pepper"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Music"
      ],
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        "A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock."
      ],
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          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "New York",
          "New York"
        ],
        [
          "Cuban",
          "Cuban"
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        [
          "dance music",
          "dance music"
        ],
        [
          "jazz",
          "jazz"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "en:Dance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several dances performed to salsa music."
      ],
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        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "dances",
          "dances"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑl.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæl.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlsə"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-salsa.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sälʹsə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "word": "saŭco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sauce salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sarusa",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "word": "サルサ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "salsa",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "word": "살사"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sálʹsa",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́льса"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa mexicana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa picante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spicy tomato sauce",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tomatsalsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "salso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sālsā",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "साल्सा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "salsa",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "word": "салса"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sálʹsa",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́льса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "style of music",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "salso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "dance",
      "word": "סלסה"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sālsā",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "साल्सा"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sálʹsa",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́льса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "salsa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "salsa"
  ],
  "word": "salsa"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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    {
      "form": "salsas",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salsaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salsaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salsaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "They salsaed late until the night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To dance the salsa."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To dance the salsa."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑl.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæl.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlsə"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-salsa.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "enpr": "sälʹsə"
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}

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