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pastoso

Portuguese, adjective/pasˈto.zu/

pastoso is spelled P-A-S-T-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “doughy, pasty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pastoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    doughy, pasty

  2. 2

    thick, viscous

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of pastoso

  • pastosa feminine
  • pastosos masculine plural
  • pastosas feminine plural
  • metaphonic feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pastoso?

  • Brazil /pasˈto.zu/
  • /paʃˈto.zu/
  • Portugal /pɐʃˈto.zu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pastoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pastoso in Portuguese?

pastoso 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).

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