pastorear
Spanish, verb/pastoɾeˈaɾ/
pastorear is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastorear is a Spanish verb meaning “to shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuidar el ganado y conducirlo al lugar donde pueda pastar”.
What does pastorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shepherd
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cuidar el ganado y conducirlo al lugar donde pueda pastar. 2. Dicho de un prelado: cuidar y dirigir a sus fieles. 3. Observar atentamente algo o a alguien para intervenir ante cualquier problema.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pastorear
- pastoreo first-person present singular
- pastoreé first-person preterite singular
- pastoreado participle past
- pastoreando gerund
- pastoreada feminine participle past
- pastoreados masculine participle past
- pastoreadas feminine participle past
- pastoreas indicative informal present
- pastoreás indicative informal present
- pastorea indicative present singular
- pastoreamos first-person indicative plural
- pastoreáis indicative plural present
- pastorean indicative plural present
- pastoreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pastoreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pastoreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pastoreabais imperfect indicative plural
- pastoreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastorear?
- /pastoɾeˈaɾ/
- [pas.t̪o.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [past̪oɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastorear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastorear in Spanish?
pastorear appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).