salsa

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To dance the salsa.

Synonyms

catsup

condiment

gravy

sauce

chili sauce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɑl.sə/

Etymology

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