Cape Verdean

Capeverdean English Alternative forms en Capeverdean Etymology en :af Cape Verde -an + 1 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cape Verdean.wav Southern England Adjective - 1 Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language. en Cabo Verdean en 2015 w:Paul Beatty The Sellout Oneworld Publications (2016) 219 I hear [...] the surf on the Cape Verdean beaches is incredible. en 2022-04-12 w:Jazmine Hughes Viola Davis, Inside Out w:The New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/magazine/viola-davis.html He was a Cape Verdean boy who identified as Portuguese to differentiate himself from African Americans, despite being nearly the same shade as Davis. https://web.archive.org/web/20251109163811/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/magazine/viola-davis.html 9 November 2025 Translations of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, its people or their language Afrikaans: af Kaap Verdies Asturian: ast cabuverdianu Basque: eu caboverdetar Catalan: ca capverdià Czech: cs kapverdský Danish: da kapverdisk Dutch: nl Kaapverdisch, nl Kaapverdiaans Finnish: fi kapverdeläinen Galician: gl caboverdiano German: de kapverdisch Greek: el του Πράσινου Ακρωτηρίου Icelandic: is grænhöfðeyskur m Irish: ga ó Rinn Verde, ga as Rinn Verde Italian: it capoverdiano Kabuverdianu: kea Kabuverdianu, kea kriolu, kea kabuverdianu, kea kabeverdiane Macedonian: mk зелено’р́тски m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kappverdisk Nynorsk: nn kappverdisk Polish: pl zielonoprzylądkowy Portuguese: pt cabo-verdiano Russian: ru кабовердианский Spanish: es caboverdiano Swahili: sw Kikepuvede Swedish: sv kapverdisk Ukrainian: uk кабовердіанський Yiddish: yi קאַפּווערדיש Noun 1 A person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent. en Cabo Verdean 295 Cape Verdeans waiting with perfect, timeless patience for a boat that may or may not come. en 2016-05-04 w:Saskia de Rothschild An Atlantic Archipelago’s Main Export: Music w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/arts/music/tiny-atlantic-archipelago-has-but-one-export-music.html For Helio Batalha, a 27-year-old hip-hop artist who performed at the music expo, that blending of cultures and history has led to a form of identity crisis for young Cape Verdeans. https://web.archive.org/web/20230628032040/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/arts/music/tiny-atlantic-archipelago-has-but-one-export-music.html 28 June 2023 Hypernyms en sub-Saharan, en African Translations a person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent Afrikaans: af Kaap Verdiër Basque: eu caboverdetar Catalan: ca capverdià m, ca capverdiana f Czech: cs Kapverďan m Danish: da kapverder c Dutch: nl Kaapverdiër m, nl Kaapverdische f, nl Kaapverdiaan m Finnish: fi kapverdeläinen French: fr Cap-Verdien m, fr Cap-Verdienne f, fr Capverdien m, fr Capverdienne f Galician: gl caboverdiano German: de Kap-Verdier m, de Kap-Verdierin f Greek: el από το Πράσινο Ακρωτήρι m f Irish: ga duine as Rinn Verde m Italian: it capoverdiano, it capoverdiana f Macedonian: mk Зелено’р́ќанец m, mk Зелено’р́ќанка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kappverder m Nynorsk: nn kappverdar m Polish: pl Kabowerdyjczyk m, pl Kabowerdyjka f Portuguese: pt cabo-verdiano m Spanish: es caboverdiano m Swahili: sw Mkepuvede Proper noun 1 A creole language spoken in Cape Verde. en Cape Verdean Creole Cabo Verdean Kabuverdianu Further reading kea Cape Verdean Creole en Cape Verde Languages Nationalities