la

feminine

/sos/

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Translation

sauce, gravy, dressing

Word origin

From Latin salsa ('salted things'), from sal ('salt').

Origin: Latin
Root: salsa
English cognates: sauce, salsa, salt

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralsauces

Examples

salée.

The sauce is a little too salty.

The sauces at this restaurant are excellent.

He puts sauce on everything.

au .

These sauces keep for a week in the fridge.

She is making a sauce for the meat.

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This word is part of lesson 44.