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