Papiamento


Pa·pia·men·tu

P0052850 (pä′pyə-mĕn′to͞o) also Pa·pia·men·to (-tō)n. A creole based on Portuguese and pidginized Spanish and spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
[From Papiamentu papia, talk, probably from Portuguese papaguear, papear, to chatter, from papagaio, parrot.]

Papiamento

(Spanish papjaˈmento) n (Languages) a creolized Spanish spoken in the Netherlands Antilles[Spanish, from papia talk]

Pa•pia•men•to

(ˌpɑ pyəˈmɛn toʊ)

also Pa•pia•men•tu

(-tu)

n. a Spanish-based creole spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles.
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