pastorear
Portuguese, verb/pas.to.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
pastorear is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastorear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to watch over a herd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guardar o gado que anda a pastar”.
What does pastorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to watch over a herd
- 2
to lead (to conduct or direct with authority)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. guardar o gado que anda a pastar 2. guiar ao pasto
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 pastorear
- pastoreio first-person present singular
- pastoreei first-person preterite singular
- pastoreado participle past
- pastoreares infinitive second-person singular
- pastorearmos first-person infinitive plural
- pastoreardes infinitive plural second-person
- pastorearem infinitive plural third-person
- pastoreando gerund
- pastoreados masculine participle past
- pastoreada feminine participle past
- pastoreadas feminine participle past
- pastoreias indicative present second-person
- pastoreia indicative present singular
- pastoreamos first-person indicative plural
- pastoreais indicative plural present
- pastoreiam indicative plural present
- pastoreava first-person imperfect indicative
- pastoreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastorear?
- Brazil /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pas.to.ɾeˈa(h)]
- /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pastorear in Portuguese?
pastorear appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).