No. 5,239 in Spanish
incursión
A sudden or brief invasion or attack.
In a sentence
La incursión militar en el territorio enemigo fue cuidadosamente planeada.
The military incursion into enemy territory was carefully planned.
The noun 'incursión' refers to an action carried out to enter a location strategically or forcefully, specifically militarily.
Las incursiones en el estudio de nuevos temas amplían nuestros horizontes.
Making incursions into studying new topics expands our horizons.
Here, the term 'incursión' metaphorically refers to the act of beginning or exploring something new, like a subject or field of study.
La excursión incluía una incursión en la cocina tradicional de la región.
The excursion included an incursion into the traditional cuisine of the region.
In this case, 'incursión' is used to describe a probing or exploration into a specific area, namely traditional cuisine.
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