salsa
Spanish, noun/ˈsalsa/
salsa is spelled S-A-L-S-A (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,840th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salsa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sauce, gravy (liquid condiment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of salso. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mezcla de sustancias comestibles generalmente en estado líquido o pastoso utilizada para condimentar o…”.
What does salsa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesauce, gravy (liquid condiment)
- 2
Latin-AmericafeminineA sauce and/or dip of varying textures with a typical base of tomatoes, onion, and chili peppers.
- 3
femininesalsa (style of music)
- 4
femininesalsa (dance performed to salsa music)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of salso
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mezcla de sustancias comestibles generalmente en estado líquido o pastoso utilizada para condimentar o sazonar una comida. 2. Género musical resultante de una síntesis de influencias musicales cubanas con otros elementos de música caribeña, música latinoamericana y jazz, en especial el jazz afrocubano.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salsa
- salsas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salsa?
- /ˈsalsa/
- [ˈsal.sa]
- [ˈsalsa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salsa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salsa in Spanish?
salsa appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).