salso

See also: Salso

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish salsa. Doublet of saŭco and salo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalso]
• Rhymes: -also
• Hyphenation: sal‧so

Noun

salso (uncountable, accusative salson)

1. (music, dance) salsa

Usage notes

Not synonymous with saŭco (“sauce”).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salsus (“salty”), from sāl (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.so/
• Rhymes: -also
• Hyphenation: sàl‧so

Adjective

salso (feminine salsa, masculine plural salsi, feminine plural salse)

1. (rare) salty

   Synonym: salato

Related terms

• salare
• sale
• salsa

Anagrams

• lasso

Latin

Adjective

salsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of salsus

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salsus (“salty”), from sāl (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalso/ [ˈsal.so]
• Rhymes: -also
• Syllabification: sal‧so

Adjective

salso (feminine salsa, masculine plural salsos, feminine plural salsas)

1. (rare) salty

   Synonym: salado

Related terms

• insulso
• sal
• salar
• salsa

 

Further reading

• “salso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28