The idea of raiding has a military meaning.
The verb incursionar has two main uses according to what is indicated by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary. The first meaning refers to developing a military offensive .
For example: "Faced with the death of the enemy leader, the Etruscans decided to venture beyond the Po River to try to conquer new lands" , "Our country should never have ventured into terrain it did not know to face a much more powerful opponent" , “The general assured that the army does not plan to enter the African continent.”
Dabble how to do something different than usual
In the Latin American region, the idea of venturing is usually used with reference to carrying out an activity different from the usual one . Whoever ventures into something, in this way, enters a field that is new or unknown: “The technology company decided to venture into the music business through a new application for mobile phones,” “After succeeding in the basketball and retiring prematurely for the first time, Michael Jordan chose to venture into baseball,” “I would like to invest part of my savings and venture into the stock market, but the truth is that I don't know how to do it.”
Let's take the case of a singer who, during his extensive career, focused on the bolero . This artist released eight albums, all composed of songs that can be classified in this genre . However, tired of always doing the same thing and attentive to the interest of the current public, he made the decision to venture into reggaetón or reggaeton . Thus, their ninth album includes songs from this Caribbean rhythm that is in fashion.
In some countries, venturing means doing something different than usual.
Some synonyms
This term is quite particular in that its use in everyday speech takes place mainly in the second meaning and, since it is a regional one, not in all Spanish-speaking countries. That said, the dictionary itself does not dedicate a lot of space to it, probably for this reason, because there are other ways of expressing the same thing that are more globally accepted or that are more current , so to speak.
First of all, let's look at some of its synonyms that we can find in current dictionaries: penetrate, enter, get into, pass, enter, sneak in, arrive, access, enter, slip, pocket, break in, present, attack and appear . At first glance they don't seem to have much in common with the word dabble , although if we look closely we can understand the reasons why they are on this list.
We are faced with several terms that give us the idea of entering or arriving , and to understand why they are considered synonyms of incursion , let's analyze their definition in the RAE dictionary. In its first meaning it speaks of a " war raid "; If we refer to the definition of this other noun, we see that it is defined as the action of "incurring", "briefly delving into an issue" or - in the field of the militia - as a "penetration into enemy territory carried out by forces armed with the intention of attacking and that lasts only a short time.
Although this last meaning is the one that interests us the most, we must not forget that the idea of "entering" or "arriving" is present in all three. Apparently, the verb "incursion" has the nuance of surprise on the part of a third party, who may be the victim of an attack by a platoon in the context of a war or a person close to the person who begins to carry out an attack. activity that until now was not normal for her. Above we talked about a singer who after many years begins to try a new style for him, and this will surely surprise critics and his audience.