pastor
Portuguese, noun/pasˈtoʁ/
pastor is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo encarregado de cuidar de gado”.
What does pastor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineherdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
- 2
masculineshepherd (someone who tends sheep)
- 3
masculineherding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
- 4
masculineellipsis of pastor-alemão
- 5
masculineshepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
- 6
masculinethe chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que vive como pastor
noun: 1. indivíduo encarregado de cuidar de gado: 2. sacerdote protestante: 3. cão de guarda de rebanhos
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 pastor
- pastores plural
- pastora feminine
- pastoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastor?
- Brazil /pasˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [pasˈtoh]
- /pasˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastor in Portuguese?
pastor appears 29 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).