ensalada

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ensalada. Doublet of salad.

Noun

ensalada

1. (music) A genre of polyphonic secular music mixing languages and dialects and nonsensical quodlibets.

Asturian

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensalaes)

1. salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables)

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “ensalada”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

From Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.səˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.saˈla.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

ensalada f (plural ensalades)

1. (Valencia) salad

   Synonym: amanida

Derived terms

• ensalada niçarda
• ensalada russa

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ensalada”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables)

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 404

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.saˈla.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.saˈla.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.saˈla.dɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.saˈla.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.saˈla.da/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.saˈla.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɐˈla.dɐ/ [ẽ.sɐˈla.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: en‧sa‧la‧da

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. alternative form of salada

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ensalada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Cognates include Italian insalata, Portuguese salada, and French salade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ensaˈlada/ [ẽn.saˈla.ð̞a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: en‧sa‧la‧da

Noun

ensalada f (plural ensaladas)

1. salad
2. a genre of secular polyphonic music popular in 16th century Spain
3. mix-up; muddle

   Synonyms: confusión, desorden

Derived terms

• centrifugadora para ensalada
• ensalada chilena
• ensalada de frutas
• ensalada rusa
• ensaladera
• ensaladilla

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ensalada, salara

See also

• la ensalada, poco vinagre y bien aceitada

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ensalada. Doublet of salara.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔensaˈlada/ [ʔɛn̪.sɐˈlaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: en‧sa‧la‧da

Noun

ensalada (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜎᜇ)

1. salad

   Synonym: (obsolete) salara

Related terms

• pandesal

See also

• sisig

Further reading

• “ensalada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018