carrera de Indias

Spanish

Noun

carrera de Indias f (plural carreras de Indias)

1. 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], 2024 December 10