caray
/kaˈɾai/ · B1 · intj
crikey, wow, good heavens, golly, gosh, whoa, man, boy, blimey
Sounds like car-AY! — a yelp of surprise as a car zooms past
Caray is a softened form of carajo, a much stronger Spanish swear word, much like gosh stands in for God in English. Use it for both wow and darn, and stress the second syllable: ca-RAY.