papiamento
Spanish, noun/papjaˈmento/
papiamento is spelled P-A-P-I-A-M-E-N-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papiamento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Papiamento (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua criolla del portugués hablada en Curaçao, Aruba y Bonaire”.
What does papiamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePapiamento (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lengua criolla del portugués hablada en Curaçao, Aruba y Bonaire.
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 papiamento?
- /papjaˈmento/
- [pa.pjaˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- [papjaˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is papiamento in Spanish?
papiamento appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).