sal

Inherited from Portuguese sal, from Old Galician-Portuguese sal, from Latin salem. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole sal.


misa

mass (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)


lagu

From Portuguese lago. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole lagua.


gelu

From Portuguese gelo. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole djelu.


polpa

From Portuguese polpa in the meaning of "flesh".


dorada

Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaena hippurus#Translingual


galinha

Inherited from Portuguese galinha, from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha, from Latin gallīna.


pêxi

From Portuguese peixe, from Old Galician-Portuguese pexe, from Latin piscis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


boton

From Portuguese botão, from Old French boton, from bouter (“to strike; to push, to thrust”), of Germanic origin.


barbu

(Sotavento) Lesser African threadfin (Galeoides decadactylus)


gudja

agujon needlefish, Tylosurus acus rafale


dedu

From Portuguese dedo.
Cognate with Nheengatu dedu.


bóia

a float (life buoy, or similar floating device)


sodade

From Portuguese saudade, from Old Galician-Portuguese soydade, from Latin sōlitātem (“solitude”).

The feeling of missing something or someone.


kóbra

From Portuguese cobra (“snake”), from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.


tabanka

a traditional cultural performance of Cape Verde, where the theft and recovery of a saint (represented by a flag) is staged as a parade accompanied by music


talóti

the part of the manioc plant near the roots, used as pig fodder


kalbisera

Adansonia digitata
Adansonia digitata#Translingual

(Santiago) baobab (tree or fruit) - Adansonia digitata


gargalexa

From Portuguese gargarejar (“to gargle”).


kudjerom

From Portuguese colherão, irregular augmentative of colher (“spoon”).


dibinhu

From Portuguese adivinha guess, guess what.


sabóla

Inherited from Portuguese cebola (“onion”).


kafanhotu

From Portuguese gafanhoto (“grasshopper”).


prufisom

From Portuguese profissão (“profession”).


fereru

From Portuguese ferreiro (“blacksmith”).


kabelu

Inherited from Portuguese cabelo. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole kabelu.


fidju

From Portuguese filho. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole fidju.


kabesa

Inherited from Portuguese cabeça. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole kabesa.


alekrin

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(Sotavento) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


asnera

(Sotavento) nonsense; madness; error; mistake


kriolu

Cape Verdean Creole, Kabuverdianu (language)


tubaron

(Barlavento) blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)


janeru

From Portuguese janeiro. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole janeru.


kusé

From "ku" Portuguese que "what" + "sé" Portuguese ser "is".


fódja

From Portuguese folha. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole fodja.


tchifri

From Portuguese chifre. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole tcifri.


meninu

Inherited from Portuguese menino. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole mininu.


katchor

Inherited from Portuguese cachorro. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole katcur.


sinza

From Portuguese cinza. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole sinsa.


tchuva

Inherited from Portuguese chuva. Compare Guinea-Bissau Creole tcuba.


kaminhu

From Portuguese caminho. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole kaminhu.


txuba

From Portuguese chuva. Cognate with Guinea-Bissau Creole tcuba.


kabálu

From Portuguese cavalo, from Latin caballus.


tibaron

(Sotavento) Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus


kamisa

From Portuguese camisa (“shirt”), from Old Galician-Portuguese camisa (“shirt”), from Late Latin camisia (“shirt”), from Transalpine Gaulish, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).


txurise

(Barlavento) A Portuguese spiced sausage.


txorís

(Sotavento) A Portuguese spiced sausage.


bórbe

(Barlavento) Lesser African threadfin (Galeoides decadactylus)


garopa

Bluespotted seabass, African hind, Spotted grouper, Cephalopholis taeniops


manelin

(Barlavento) blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)


manelinhu

(Sotavento) blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)


linguadu

From Portuguese linguado (“sole, flounder”).


bikuda

Guachanche barracuda (Sphyraena guachancho)


bentedja

bulldog dentex, Virididentex acromegalus


albakóra

Thunnus albacares
Thunnus albacares#Translingual


fatxu

African forktail snapper, Apsilus fuscus


gaiadu

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual


odjita

blackbar soldierfish, Myripristis jacobus


salmoneti

West African goatfish, Pseudupeneus prayensis


xarroku

From Portuguese xarroco (“Lusitanian toadfish”).


fanhama

blackbelly rosefish, Helicolenus dactylopterus


stragu

“Kes ataki di Rúsia sta kontinua ta faze txeu stragu na Ukránia.”

2024, “Sta kuazi ta kontise un géra mundial? — Kuzê ki Bíblia ta fla?”, in Jehovah's Witnesses:

“Russian strikes continue to wreak havoc across Ukraine.”


sigaru

“Solidon ta omenta bu risku di móre, di mésmu manera ki el ta omenta di un algen ki ta fuma 15 sigaru tudu dia.”

2023, “Solidon é un prubléma ki sta bira kada bês más txeu — Kuzê ki Bíblia ta fla”, in Jehovah's Witnesses:


tchinda

Colloquial term from Tchinda Andrade, a transgender woman and the first out LGBT person in Cape Verde


kazamentu

Maridu ku mudjer ki ta mostra ruspetu na ses kazamentu, ta nporta ku kunpanheru, mésmu óras ki es tene opinion diferenti.

2018, “3: Ruspetu”, in Jehovah's Witnesses: