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i can't figure out a word, i've tried a couple spellings, i've tried to conjugate it, all i know is how it sounds, "ka ray." please help
 
Posts: 1 | Location: miami, florida | Registered: 27 March 2004Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Hey rubia, since you are posting from Miami, I wonder if you are hearing someone say an expression that the Cubans and Puerto Ricans use - but I don't think it is a verb. I think I might spell is caray, but I'm not sure. Is it an expression you are trying to spell? The cubans will say "carai" or "caray" the same we we gringos might say "oh man, i cannot believe it" or "oh man, it was impossible to do"


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Posts: 308 | Location: Florida, U.S.A. | Registered: 17 August 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Yes, I agree with TJGuy, I think that what you are talking about is "caray", and I never really heard that word until I started working at a job with many Puerto Ricans a couple of years ago. I love it! It fits the needs of the English "Oh geez" or something like that. Hope that helps. Cool
 
Posts: 52 | Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA | Registered: 19 December 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Caray is a real spanish word, my father used it a lot and he never went out of Spain.

But became an old expresion since young people use more "joder" or "co�o" than "caray".

Can use "carajo" too------

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i kinda dig the "bartesque" sating of "�ay caramba!" Big Grin

(or is it "�aye caramba!")

saludos,
jer...


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