pastel
Portuguese, noun/pasˈtɛw/
pastel is spelled P-A-S-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,961st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crayon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “massa de farinha, cozida no forno ou frita, e recheada de carne, peixe ou doce, etc”.
What does pastel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrayon
noun
- 1
masculinea fried pastry made of wheat flour, filled with cheese, meat or other fillings; comparable to German Teigtaschen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. massa de farinha, cozida no forno ou frita, e recheada de carne, peixe ou doce, etc 2. qualquer uma das várias tonalidades de cores esmaecidas (usualmente associadas com o rosa, pêssego, verde, azul, lavanda e amarelo) 3. desenho feito com lápis de cores 4. pessoa adoentada; indolente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pastel
- pastéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastel?
- Brazil /pasˈtɛw/
- Brazil [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
- /paʃˈtɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastel in Portuguese?
pastel appears 3.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).