▪ I. caramba, int.
(kæˈræmbə)
Also carramba.
[Sp.]
An exclamation of surprise or dismay: gracious! strange! confound it! damn!
| 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. 139 ‘Sacré diable!’ ‘Carramba!’—fell upon the ear. 1845 R. Ford Handbk. Trav. Spain i. i. 36 More becoming will it be to the English gentleman to swear not at all; a reasonable indulgence in Caramba is all that can be permitted. 1851 H. Melville Moby Dick II. i. 2 Caramba! have done, shipmate, will ye? 1906 Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 3/4 An obvious villain had snapped ‘caramba!’ at her. |
▪ II. caramba
= carambola.
| 1866 Treas. Bot., Averrhoa Carambola, the Caramba. |