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Added 4 October 2026

salsa

/ˈsɑl.sə/ noun

Latin root: salsus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about salsa at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.
A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

verb

To dance the salsa.
They salsaed late until the night.

Origin

PIE word *sḗh₂l Borrowed from Spanish salsa (“sauce”), from Latin salsus (“salted”), whence also the doublet sauce (via Old French).

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