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!

1. (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