carrera de Indias
Spanish
Noun
carrera de Indias f (plural carreras de Indias)
- a journey by boat from mainland Europe, especially Portugal, to India, for trade purposes
- Synonym: carrera de la India
Further reading
- “carrera de Indias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024