Entrada
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories. historical
"Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’."
Example
More examples"Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry.