different between salsa vs salse

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

French

Noun

salse (plural salses)

1. A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts.

Anagrams

• LSASE, SEALs, Sales, Seals, assle, lases, sales, seals

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?salse/

Verb

salse

1. to salt

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Italian

Adjective

salse

1. feminine plural of salso

Anagrams

• lasse, lessa

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

sals? (comparative salsius, superlative salsissim?)

1. wittily

Etymology 2

Adjective

salse

1. vocative masculine singular of salsus

References

• salse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• salse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

salse

1. Alternative form of sauce

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German salzen, Dutch zouten, English salt.

Verb

salse

1. to salt