salses
Salses is not a standard term in English culinary vocabulary. The usual plural form of salsa in English is salsas. The spelling salses may appear as a misspelling or as an mistaken attempt to pluralize a word ending in -a using English rules. In Italian, where salsa means sauce, the correct plural is salse. Hence, in Italian-language contexts, a collection of sauces would be described as salse, not salses.
Linguistic context and etymology help explain the distinction. The word salsa derives from Latin salsa, meaning
In culinary use, salsas (the English plural) encompass a wide range of condiments. Tomato-based salsas with peppers,
See also: Salsa, Salsa verde, Pico de gallo, Salsa (disambiguation).