# salsa

Pronunciation: US say "SAHL-suh" /ˈsɑl.sə/; UK say "SAL-suh" /ˈsæl.sə/

## Noun

1. A hot, tomato-based sauce that originated in Mexico, often containing onions and chili peppers.
   - Simple: A spicy tomato sauce with onions and hot peppers, often eaten with Mexican food.
   - _The taqueria offers three kinds of salsa, from mild to blistering._
   - _He spooned a generous helping of salsa over his scrambled eggs._
2. Urban music that took shape in New York, drawing heavily on jazz, rock, and Cuban dance music.
   - Simple: A lively type of dance music that started in New York, mixing Cuban beats with jazz and rock.
   - _Salsa filled the air as couples drifted onto the dance floor._
   - _The club's resident DJ spun salsa between the live sets._
3. One of a number of dance styles performed to the rhythms of salsa music.
   - Simple: A lively partner dance done to salsa music.
   - _The instructor demonstrated a Cuban salsa before the class tried it._
   - _He spun her through a fast salsa on the crowded floor._

## Verb

4. To perform the salsa, a lively Latin American dance.
   - Simple: To dance the salsa.
   - _They salsa until midnight at the little club on the corner._
   - _She learned to salsa during a summer spent in Havana._

## Origin

Borrowed from Spanish salsa ("sauce"), which comes from Latin salsus ("salted"). The English word sauce, borrowed through Old French, is a doublet of it.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/salsa (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).