How to Use Papiamento in a Sentence
Papiamento
noun-
Always in Papiamento, the language of home.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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Recently, someone direct messaged Bogaerts in Papiamento, his native language.
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Annie Heilbrunn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
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Diario, a Papiamento-language newspaper in Aruba, reported that police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.
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Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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All beaches in Aruba are public, increasing the chance for cross-cultural connections; my kids often joined beach volleyball games with local teenagers, who all speak English in addition to Dutch and Papiamento, Aruba’s dialect.
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Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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After the Christmas festivities conclude, Aruba’s attentions turn to Dande, a tradition whose name derives from the word for to wander in Papiamento, the Creole language that spans the ABC islands of the southern Caribbean.
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Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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