Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
carambola .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection An
exclamation ofsurprise ordismay .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Probably had heard "caramba" on TV or something, without realizing it.
And the ghost stories, that litltle orphan Annie used to tell.... 2007
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Probably had heard "caramba" on TV or something, without realizing it.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Next morning, I asked my mother what "caramba" means.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Next morning, I asked my mother what "caramba" means.
And the ghost stories, that litltle orphan Annie used to tell.... 2007
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Poll respondents used their own judgment as to what constituted swear words, but almost all were harsher than "caramba," roughly the equivalent of "gosh!"
WRAL.com Top Stories 2009
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I think "ch*ngada m*dre" would catch the mood of a forceful "shit!" better than "caramba," but, of course, you'll never see that in any subtitles!
General comment 2008
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I think "ch*ngada m*dre" would catch the mood of a forceful "shit!" better than "caramba," but, of course, you'll never see that in any subtitles!
General comment 2008
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I think "ch*ngada m*dre" would catch the mood of a forceful "shit!" better than "caramba," but, of course, you'll never see that in any subtitles!
General comment 2008
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I think "ch*ngada m*dre" would catch the mood of a forceful "shit!" better than "caramba," but, of course, you'll never see that in any subtitles!
General comment 2008
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I think "ch*ngada m*dre" would catch the mood of a forceful "shit!" better than "caramba," but, of course, you'll never see that in any subtitles!
General comment 2008
Prolagus commented on the word caramba
Mé qué, mé qué, mais quelle mouche l'a piquée!�?
Bégayaient ainsi les conchitas qu'on tapait
“Aï, aï, caramba, mama, quelle corrida!�?
Bissaient les gars qui, ma foi, n'en revenaient pas
D'assister à ceci, tout ça sans sourciller
Se gardant bien d'y mettre le holà, olé!
(Irénée, by Paris Combo)
November 12, 2008