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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

In a hard squeeze of the hand which I give the sham Catalan at parting, he inadvertently roars out in a good Creole accent:— 'Ay! ay! ay! caramba, suelte usted.'

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman

Look you, Senor, I am not of the Church—no, caramba!

From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Bret Harte

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