pasteleiro
Portuguese, noun/pas.teˈle(j).ɾu/
pasteleiro is spelled P-A-S-T-E-L-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pasteleiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pastry cook, confectioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “profissional que faz e vende pastéis”.
What does pasteleiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastry cook, confectioner
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. profissional que faz e vende pastéis
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 pasteleiro
- pasteleiros plural
- pasteleira feminine
- pasteleiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pasteleiro?
- Brazil /pas.teˈle(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pas.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- /paʃ.teˈle(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pasteleiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pasteleiro in Portuguese?
pasteleiro appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).