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salsa verde

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
sal-sa verde
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mexican sauce made chiefly of tomatillos.

noun

A cold green Italian sauce made with parsley, vinegar, capers, garlic, onion, anchovies, olive oil, and sometimes mustard.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish salsa verde and Italian salsa verde, both meaning literally “green sauce”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does salsa verde mean?
A Mexican sauce made chiefly of tomatillos.
Where does salsa verde come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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