caramba

Caramba is a common word used for expressing positive/negative reaction to an event. It's used mainly by people of Latin America (Mexico&Colombia that I know of) but in Portugal as well.

Is used frequently combined with Ay (see examples).

If a translation has to be given, the most proper would be "gee" or "om my god". There is also an opinion which states that caramba is "the nice way to say" carajo,which is used like the slang shit!.

-Ay Caramba!Estos americanos son tan gordos como mi mama!
-Ay Caramba!Those Americans are so fat as my mother.
(apparently the speaker has a fat mother)

-Caramba!Que guapa que estas mamasita!
-Caramba!You're very beautiful mamasita!

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