ensalada rusa

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ensaladilla rusa

Etymology

After Russia, the country of origin. Cognate with English Russian salad, Italian insalata russa, Portuguese salada russa, French salade russe, Serbo-Croatian rȕskā saláta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ensaˌlada ˈrusa/ [ẽn.saˌla.ð̞a ˈru.sa]
• Syllabification: en‧sa‧la‧da ru‧sa

Noun

ensalada rusa f (plural ensaladas rusas)

1. (usually uncountable) Olivier salad, Russian salad (traditional Russian salad of boiled vegetables with mayonnaise)

Further reading

• “ensalada rusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28