salsero
English
Etymology
Noun
salsero (plural salseros)
- (music) A salsa performer.
- 2007 July 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- This afternoon of Puerto Rican musical pride at Celebrate Brooklyn has a strong lineup, with Tito Rojas, a leading salsero since the 1980s […] .
- (dance) A salsa dancer.
Usage notes
Strictly speaking this term refers to a male salsa dancer or performer; a female would be a salsera.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salˈseɾo/ [salˈse.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: sal‧se‧ro
Adjective
salsero (feminine salsera, masculine plural salseros, feminine plural salseras)
- (relational) salsa
- salsa-loving
Derived terms
Noun
salsero m (plural salseros, feminine salsera, feminine plural salseras)
- salsa musician
Descendants
- → English: salsero
Further reading
- “salsero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024