adiós cará
Spanish
Etymology
Contraction of ¡ay Dios caramba/caray/carajo!.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌdjos kaˈɾa/ [aˌð̞jos kaˈɾa]
- Syllabification: a‧diós ca‧rá
Interjection
¡adiós cará!
- (colloquial, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) oh my God, ay, chihuahua, bloody hell; wow, dammit
Further reading
- “¡adiós!”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010