different between salsa vs mambo

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: säl?s?, IPA^(key): /?s?l.s?/

Noun

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.
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.

Derived terms

• salsa-like
• salsa sauce

Related terms

• salt

Translations

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)

1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Anagrams

• Salas, salas

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sal.s?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salses)

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

Derived terms

• salsa de soia

Further reading

• “salsa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “salsa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

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

Czech

Noun

salsa f

1. salsa (dance)

Further reading

• salsa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.sa?/
• Hyphenation: sal?sa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

1. salsa (dance)

Derived terms

• salsadans
• salsaën

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus.

Noun

salsa m (plural salsa's)

1. salsa (spicy tomato sauce)

Related terms

• saus

Finnish

(index sa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ls?/, [?s??ls??]
• Rhymes: -?ls?
• Syllabification: sal?sa

Noun

salsa

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (sauce): salsakastike

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f (plural salse)

1. sauce

Related terms

• salso
• salare
• sale

Anagrams

• lassa

Latin

Adjective

salsa

1. nominative feminine singular of salsus
2. nominative neuter plural of salsus
3. accusative neuter plural of salsus
4. vocative feminine singular of salsus
5. vocative neuter plural of salsus

Adjective

sals?

1. ablative feminine singular of salsus

References

• salsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish salsa, from Latin salsus (“salted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sal.sa/

Noun

salsa f

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

Declension

Further reading

• salsa in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• salsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sal?sa

Etymology 1

From Latin salsa herba (“salted herb”).

Noun

salsa f (plural salsas)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum, a herb)

   Synonyms: perrexil, salsinha

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish salsa.

Noun

salsa f (uncountable)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?salsa/, [?sal.sa]

Noun

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

Related terms

• sal
• salar
• salso

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: salsa
• ? Dutch: salsa
• ? English: salsa

Further reading

• “salsa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Haitian Creole mambo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).

Pronunciation

• (North America) enPR: ?mäm-b?, IPA^(key): /?m?mbo?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæmb??/

Noun

mambo (countable and uncountable, plural mambos or mamboes)

1. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) [from 20th c.]
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 47:

     The mambo next presented a container of water to the cardinal points, then poured libations to the centerpost of the peristyle, the axis along which the spirits were to enter.

   • 1995, Karen McCarthy Brown, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 219:

     The manbo showed her how to take small handfuls of liquid and spread it on her skin always moving in the upward direction.

2. A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]

Alternative forms

• (voodoo priestess) manbo

Derived terms

• horizontal mambo

Translations

Verb

mambo (third-person singular simple present mambos, present participle mamboing, simple past and past participle mamboed)

1. (intransitive) To perform this dance.

Translations

See also

• Mambo (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mambo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bammo

Czech

Noun

mambo n

1. mambo (dance)

Further reading

• mambo in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

French

Etymology

From American & Cuban Spanish mambo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.bo/

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Further reading

• “mambo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From American & Cuban Spanish mambo

Noun

mambo m (invariable)

1. mambo (dance and music)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Kimbundu mambu.

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

1. (Angola, colloquial) thing

   Synonym: coisa

Etymology 2

From American & Cuban Spanish mambo

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Spanish

Etymology

From American Spanish, likely from Haitian Creole [Term?], ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”).

Noun

mambo m (plural mambos)

1. mambo (music)
2. mambo (dance)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

mambo

1. plural of jambo

Interjection

mambo

1. (colloquial) how are you?

Swedish

Etymology 1

Probably from Haitian Creole mambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamb?/
• Rhymes: -amb?

Noun

mambo c

1. (dance) mambo; a type of Latin American dance

Declension

Etymology 2

Blend of mamma (“mum”) +? sambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (sometimes proscribed) /?mamb?/, /²mam?bu?/

Noun

mambo c

1. (somewhat humorous) a person who still lives with their parents

Usage notes

• For notes on the pronunciation, see the usage notes under the entry sambo.

Declension

Related terms

• sambo
• särbo

References

• mambo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mambo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• bomma