carambada

From caramba +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾamˈbada/ [ka.ɾãmˈba.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ram‧ba‧da

carambada f (plural carambadas) (colloquial)

1. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) bullshit, nonsense, foolishness

• “carambada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “carambada”, 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