"caramba" meaning in All languages combined

See caramba on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

IPA: [kaˈɹam.ba]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caramba, a euphemism for the real expletive carajo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|caramba}} Spanish caramba Head templates: {{en-interj}} caramba
  1. (non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly! Synonyms: wow, dammit
    Sense id: en-caramba-en-intj-M7aA7sCB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Interjection [Portuguese]

IPA: /kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/ [Brazil], /kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/ [Brazil], /kaˈɾɐ̃.ba/ [Southern-Brazil], /kɐˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: caramba! [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caramba. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|es|caramba}} Spanish caramba Head templates: {{head|pt|interjection}} caramba
  1. gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)
    Sense id: en-caramba-pt-intj-MFzwLebf Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Interjection [Spanish]

IPA: /kaˈɾamba/, [kaˈɾãm.ba] Forms: ¡caramba! [canonical]
Rhymes: -amba Etymology: Euphemism for carajo. Head templates: {{head|es|interjection|head=¡caramba!}} ¡caramba!
  1. (euphemistic) gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger) Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Spanish minced oaths Derived forms: ay, caramba
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "caramba"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caramba",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish caramba, a euphemism for the real expletive carajo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "caramba",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!"
      ],
      "id": "en-caramba-en-intj-M7aA7sCB",
      "links": [
        [
          "golly",
          "golly"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "non-vulgar",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wow"
        },
        {
          "word": "dammit"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈɹam.ba]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "caramba"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caramba",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish caramba.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caramba!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "caramba",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ram‧ba"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caramba-pt-intj-MFzwLebf",
      "links": [
        [
          "gee",
          "gee"
        ],
        [
          "gosh",
          "gosh"
        ],
        [
          "shucks",
          "shucks"
        ],
        [
          "blimey",
          "blimey"
        ],
        [
          "darn",
          "darn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃bɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Euphemism for carajo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "¡caramba!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "¡caramba!"
      },
      "expansion": "¡caramba!",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ram‧ba"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Spanish minced oaths",
          "parents": [
            "Minced oaths",
            "Euphemisms",
            "Figures of speech",
            "Rhetoric",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ay, caramba"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caramba-es-intj-MFzwLebf",
      "links": [
        [
          "gee",
          "gee"
        ],
        [
          "gosh",
          "gosh"
        ],
        [
          "shucks",
          "shucks"
        ],
        [
          "blimey",
          "blimey"
        ],
        [
          "darn",
          "darn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾamba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈɾãm.ba]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "caramba"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caramba",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish caramba, a euphemism for the real expletive carajo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "caramba",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "golly",
          "golly"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "non-vulgar",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly!"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wow"
        },
        {
          "word": "dammit"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈɹam.ba]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "caramba"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caramba",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish caramba.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caramba!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "caramba",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ram‧ba"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese interjections",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Spanish",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃bɐ",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃bɐ/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gee",
          "gee"
        ],
        [
          "gosh",
          "gosh"
        ],
        [
          "shucks",
          "shucks"
        ],
        [
          "blimey",
          "blimey"
        ],
        [
          "darn",
          "darn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾɐ̃.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐˈɾɐ̃.bɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃bɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ay, caramba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Euphemism for carajo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "¡caramba!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "¡caramba!"
      },
      "expansion": "¡caramba!",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ram‧ba"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/amba",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/amba/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish euphemisms",
        "Spanish interjections",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish minced oaths",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gee",
          "gee"
        ],
        [
          "gosh",
          "gosh"
        ],
        [
          "shucks",
          "shucks"
        ],
        [
          "blimey",
          "blimey"
        ],
        [
          "darn",
          "darn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) gee, gosh, shucks, blimey, darn (an expression of shock, surprise or anger)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈɾamba/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈɾãm.ba]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caramba"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caramba meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.