SALSA
What does "SALSA" mean?
A spicy tomato-based sauce, or a lively Latin dance and music style.
Meanings
- A spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, chili peppers, and herbs, common in Mexican cuisine. He scooped up the fresh salsa with a warm tortilla chip.
- A popular Latin American dance and the fast, syncopated music that accompanies it. They took salsa lessons and danced all night at the club.
Did you know?
- 'Salsa' the dance borrows its name from 'salsa' the sauce-both come from the Latin for 'salted', the dance being christened in the 20th century to evoke a hot, spicy mix of musical styles.
Word origin
From Spanish 'salsa' meaning 'sauce', from Latin 'salsa' (the feminine of 'salsus', 'salted'); the dance sense, named in the 20th century, borrows the same word for its 'spicy' flavor.
Remember it
SALSA shares SAL with salt and salad-the common root is the seasoning that gives both the sauce and the dance their kick.
A little poem
Tomato and fire-
or two hips finding the beat;
either way, it burns.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to learn salsa, but I kept getting it on my chips.
What it teaches
Heat and rhythm wear the same name for a reason: both turn ordinary ingredients into something you can't sit still for.
Quick facts
What does SALSA mean?
A spicy tomato-based sauce, or a lively Latin dance and music style.
Is SALSA a valid word?
Yes — SALSA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SALSA?
SALSA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SALSA come from?
From Spanish 'salsa' meaning 'sauce', from Latin 'salsa' (the feminine of 'salsus', 'salted'); the dance sense, named in the 20th century, borrows the same word for its 'spicy' flavor.
What can SALSA teach us?
Heat and rhythm wear the same name for a reason: both turn ordinary ingredients into something you can't sit still for.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.