Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entrada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: en-tra-da
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.

Example Sentences

"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’."
"It was gold seized from Amerindians, or extracted with slave labour, which helped to fund the entradas organized locally after 1508, rather than gold from Spain."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry.

Inflected Forms

entradas (plural)

Questions

What does entrada mean?: An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.
Where does entrada come from?: Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry.

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