caramba

[kah-rahm-bah]

interjection Spanish.

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

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Examples from the Web for caramba

Contemporary Examples of caramba

The man who would become the most influential fictionalist of the last half of the 20th century cried, “Ah, caramba!”
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014

Historical Examples of caramba

In a few minutes they were startled by an explosive “Caramba!”
The Gilded Man
Clifford Smyth
Caramba, comrades, if you are going to play at knives, can you not take me with you?
The Indian Scout
Gustave Aimard
Caramba is a Spanish word meaning in the American language "gosh."
The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn
John R. Spears
Caramba, what is this world but a cemetery of bleaching hopes!
Carmen Ariza
Charles Francis Stocking
There was an old cot there––I slept on it two nights––Caramba!
Carmen Ariza
Charles Francis Stocking

Word Origin and History for caramba

exclamation of dismay or surprise, 1835, from Spanish, said to be a euphemism for carajo "penis," from Vulgar Latin *caraculum "little arrow."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper