carambada

Spanish

Etymology

From caramba +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾamˈbada/ [ka.ɾãmˈba.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ca‧ram‧ba‧da

Noun

carambada f (plural carambadas) (colloquial)

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

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10
• “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