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Encyclopedia > Papiamento Verbs
  • bishita = to visit (Port./Spa., Visitar))
  • haci cumpras = to go shopping (Spa., hacer compras/ comprar and Port., fazer compras/comprar))
  • tin = to have (from Port.tem, Port. verb, ter)
  • dal un baño = to bathe (from Port.,dar um banho, Port. verb, banhar, Span., dar un baño)
  • stima = to love (Port./Span. estimar/amar)
  • sigui = to follow (Port./Span. seguir)
  • lesa = to read (Port. ler, Spanish leer)
  • skirbi = to write (Port. escrever, Span. escribir)
  • papia = to speak (Port. papear/falar)
  • bai = to go (from Port.vai, Port. verb, ir)
  • kere = to believe (from Spanish creer, Port. verb, acreditar)
  • baila, balia = to dance (Port. bailar/dançar, Span. bailar)
  • hunga = to play (Port. jogar, Spanish jugar)
  • lijm = to glue
  • verf = to paint
  • habri = to open (Port./Spa. abrir)
  • drumi = to sleep (Port./Spa. dormir)
  • tende, tende na = to hear, to listen to
  • come = to eat (Port. /Spanishcomer)
  • bebe = to drink (Port./Spanish beber)
  • bini = to come (Port. vir, Spanish venir)
  • biba = to live (Port. viver, Spanish vivir)
  • sunchi = to kiss
  • gana = to win (Spa. ganar, Port. ganhar)
  • gaña = to lie (Spa. engañar, Port. enganar/mentir)
  • sinta = to sit (Port./Spa. sentar)
  • por = to be able to, can (Spa. poder)
  • bati = to hit (Port. bater )
  • ke, kier = to desire, to want (Port. quer/querer, Span. querer)
  • mustra = to exhibit, to show (Port. mostra, Spanish mostrar)
  • sinti = to feel (Port./Span. sentir)
  • hole = to smell (Spanish, oler)
  • duna = to give (Port. dar, Spanish donar/dar)
  • mira, wak = to look at (Port. mirar/olhar, Span. mirar)
  • pega = to attach (Port. pegar/colar, Span. pegar)
  • mag = to may, to permit
  • bisa = to say (From Port./Span. avisar(warning), Port. dizer)
  • sali = to depart, to go out (Span. salir)
  • kibra = to break (Port./Span. quebrar)
  • lubida = to forget (Spanish, olvidar)
  • saca = to pull out, to get out (Port./Span. sacar)
  • yega = to arrive (Port. chegar, Span. llegar)
  • bende = to sell (Port. vender, Span. vender)
  • yora = to cry (Port. chorar, Span. llorar)
  • sonrei = to smile (Port. sorrir, Span. sonreir)
  • laba = to wash (Port./Span. lavar)
  • grita = to shout (Port./Span. gritar)
  • yamada = to call (Port. chamada, Span. llamada)
  • ba casa = to marry (Port. vai casar, Span. va a casar)
  • scucha = to listen (Port. escuta, Span. escuchar)
  • pidi = to ask (Port./Span. pedir)
  • pieu = to loose (Port./Span. perder)
  • bula = to jump (Port. pular/saltar)
  • bari = to sweep (Port. varrer, Span. barrer)
  • hala = to pull (Span. halar/jalar)
  • golpi = to push (Span. golpear, to hit)
  • limpi = to clean (Port. limpar, Span. limpiar)
  • hunto = to attend, to follow (Span. juntar, to gather)
  • afspraak = to date
  • funshona = to run, to control (Port./Span. funcionar)
  • cambia = to turn, to change (Span. cambiar)
  • nenga = to deny (Port./Span. negar)
  • haya = to get, to find (Span. hallar)
  • para = to stop (Port./Span. parar)
  • hiba = to take away (Port. levar, Span. llevar)
  • huma = to smoke (Port./Span. fumar)
  • drenta = to enter (Port./Span. entrar)
  • traha = to work (Port. trabalhar, Span. trabajar)
  • bende = to buy (Span. vender, to sell).
  • corda = to remember (Port./Span. recordar)
  • spera = to hope (Span. esperar)
  • desea = to wish (Port. desejar, Span. desear)

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Papiamento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1101 words)
Papiamento or Papiamentu is a Creole language and it is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
Papiamento is a creole language based mainly on Portuguese, African languages, Dutch, and the Arawak language.
Papiamento is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
Spanish Creole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1495 words)
Papiamento or Papiamentu is a Creole language spoken by 359,000 people.
Like Papiamento and Macaista Chapado, it is originally a Portuguese Creole with some borrowings from Spanish.
It is still spoken by many of the remaining Native Americans still inhabiting these countries and by some of the natives of Brazil.
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