caray
Spanish, interjection/kaˈɾai/
caray is spelled C-A-R-A-Y (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caray is a Spanish interjection meaning “crikey, wow, good heavens, golly, gosh, whoa, man, boy, blimey (expresses surprise, astonishment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Caramba”.
What does caray mean in English?
interjection
- 1
colloquialcrikey, wow, good heavens, golly, gosh, whoa, man, boy, blimey (expresses surprise, astonishment)
- 2
colloquialheck, darn, gee, shucks, hell, geez, jeez, dang (expresses disturbance, anger, frustration, annoyance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carey.
interjection: 1. Caramba.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce caray?
- /kaˈɾai/
- [kaˈɾai̯]
- [kaˈɾaj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caray
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caray in Spanish?
caray appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).