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caramba

American  
[kah-rahm-bah] / kɑˈrɑm bɑ /

interjection

Spanish.
  1. (used as an exclamation of astonishment, dismay, or anger.)


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City Hall news, there are two words for this: Ay caramba.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2023

And if it wasn't for the waves, caramba!

From Time Magazine Archive

“Dedd, caramba, don’t you know who I am?”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

"A good bit of stuff," Dick said to himself,—"and something of it left yet; caramba!"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various

But, caramba, how they might have been trapped, Señor Fortescue!

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William

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