sa lsaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (米国発音) enPR: sälʹsə, IPA: /ˈsɑl.sə/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsæl.sə/
• 韻: -ɑːlsə, -ælsə

名詞

salsa (countable and uncountable, plural salsas)

1. (countable) A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.
   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎, archived from the original on 26 February 2026:

     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.")

2. (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
   • 2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 11 April 2021:

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

3. (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

使用する際の注意点

• In the context of gastronomy, English speakers typically use salsa to refer to the Mexican tomato-based dish, which varies widely in regards to texture, flavor, and certain ingredients. When referring to pureed spicy sauce sold in bottles, however, the term hot sauce is typically used.

派生語

関連する語

• salt

派生した語

• → Mongolian: салса (salsa)

参照

• 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 336.

動詞

salsa (third-person singular simple present salsas, present participle salsaing, simple past and past participle salsaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the salsa.

   They salsaed late until the night.

アナグラム

• Salas, Lassa, salas

形容詞

salsā

1. ablative feminine singular of salsus

参照

• "salsa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)