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salsa
(ˈsælsə, ‖ ˈsalsa)
[Sp.; cf. sauce n.]
‖1. Cookery. A variety of sauce served with meat. Also Comb.
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xi. 132 What sort of a stew is it? Let me smell and taste the salsa. 1935J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat xvi. 289 Her two sons..carried a wash-tub of salsa pura between them. 1973Listener 18 Jan. 98/2 Serve the meat... Horse-radish, salsa verde, spicy tomato sauce..all go very well. 1978Tucson Mag. Dec. 84/3 Steak and salsa rate high.
2. [Amer. Sp.] A kind of dance music of Latin American origin which incorporates elements of jazz and rock music; a dance performed to this music.
1975New Yorker 29 Sept. 41/3 The group I play with consists of some Latin kids who are not afraid to break out of pure salsa. 1975N.Y. Times 11 Nov. 61/5 Take the sound and percussion rhythm of an eight-piece Latin band; add a mixture of mambo, cha cha and merengue dance steps;..simmer gently for about 10 to 15 minutes on a crowded dance floor; add a pinch and a squeeze and you have it—salsa. 1976Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 21 Oct. 5b/3 The Caribbean has given us gentle calypso and Trinidad's brash steel bands,..the spicy latin ‘salsa’ of Puerto Rico and the whimsical chants and big beat of Jamaican reggae. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. d16/5 San Juan's major hotels have lounge bands that specialize in salsa (Latin rhythm with a jazz beat). 1981Weekly Guardian 12 July 17/1 Salsa music drifts out of the bar as a group of grease-spattered youths tinker with the engine of a new Toyota. |