Salsa

Quick meaning: Salsa is a noun meaning (countable) A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.

Meaning

(countable) A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
2. (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.
3. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

Example Sentences

They salsaed late until the night.

The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts.

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.")

Word Forms

• salsas
• salsaing
• salsaed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gravy, sauce, dressing, tabasco, sambal, satsebeli.

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