caray

Meaning

  1. (euphemistic) crikey, wow, good heavens, golly, gosh, whoa, man, boy, blimey (expresses surprise, astonishment)
  2. heck, darn, gee, shucks, hell, geez, jeez, dang (expresses disturbance, anger, frustration, annoyance)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ca‧ray
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈɾai/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Catalan carall. Doublet of carajo. Cognate with Portuguese carai.

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