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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

I fell sick that day––I started for Simití––I died a thousand times in the caño––ah, caramba!

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

My whole vocabulary has already been employed at the custom-house, and consists of "Americano," "caramba," and "Si, Señor."

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix

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