Papiamento (Curaçao)→English

Translate Papiamento (Curaçao) to English the way locals mean it.

In Curaçao Papiamentu, everyday uses of ta and idioms such as muri di hamber often signal timing, reassurance, or attitude rather than a literal word-for-word message.

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What locals actually say

No ta nada.

No worries.

The construction no ta nada literally means “it is nothing,” but it commonly reassures someone or downplays a problem.

Mi ta muri di hamber.

I’m starving.

Muri di hamber literally means “to die of hunger,” an idiomatic exaggeration for being very hungry.

Nos ta mira.

We’ll see.

Although ta mira literally describes seeing, this short reply usually defers a decision or leaves the outcome open.

Mi no tin placa pa paga e bus.

I don't have money to pay for the bus.

Placa is the local Papiamentu word for money, signaling an everyday Curaçao usage rather than formal Spanish dinero.

Bo sigui drechi i bira na robes.

Go straight and turn left.

Drechi and robes are the Papiamentu directional words for straight and left, while bira signals the action of turning.

Mi ruman ta biba serka di nos.

My sibling lives near us.

Ruman is the Papiamentu kinship term for a sibling without specifying whether they are a brother or sister.

Mi tin ku bai traha mañan.

I have to go to work tomorrow.

Tin ku is a common Papiamentu obligation construction meaning have to, and traha means work.

Ta yobe duro awe.

It is raining heavily today.

Ta yobe is the Papiamentu impersonal weather construction for it is raining, with duro adding the sense of heavily.

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