# pastar vs posar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### pastar
*verb · IPA /pɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #48,580*
comer a erva de

### posar
*verb · IPA /pu.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #25,442*
colocar-se numa determinada posição (para servir de modelo, por exemplo)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pastar-vs-posar