Papiamento

American  

[pah-pyah-men-taw, pah-pyuh-men-toh] / ˌpɑ pyɑˈmɛn tɔ, ˌpɑ pyəˈmɛn toʊ /

noun

1. a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao.

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Papiamento British  

/ papjaˈmento /

noun

1. a creolized Spanish spoken in the Netherlands Antilles

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Etymology

Origin of Papiamento

Spanish, from papia talk

Example Sentences

The economy is largely based on tourism so, to cater for this, many islanders speak four languages - Dutch, English, Spanish and the local Creole language, Papiamento.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2021

Dive into Aruban cuisine with a meal under the trees at Papiamento, an upscale Aruban restaurant named for the local language.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020

Many people from Curaçao are fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish and Papiamento.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2016

He drifted, trying to recall words in Papiamento — the native tongue that is a blend of Portuguese and African languages with Amerindian, English, Dutch and Spanish notes.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2014

Aureliano would talk to him in the tortured Papiamento that he had learned in a few weeks and sometimes he would share his chicken-head soup, prepared by the great-granddaughter, with him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez