pasteleiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian pastellobor.

Portuguese pastel

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese pasteleiro

From pastel + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas.teˈle(j).ɾu/ [pas.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas.teˈle(j).ɾu/ [pas.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃ.teˈle(j).ɾu/ [paʃ.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas.teˈle(j).ɾo/ [pas.teˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tɨˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tɨˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tɨˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tɨˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tɨˈle.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu
• Hyphenation: pas‧te‧lei‧ro

Noun

pasteleiro m (plural pasteleiros, feminine pasteleira, feminine plural pasteleiras)

1. pastry cook, confectioner

   Synonym: confeiteiro

Related terms

• pastelaria
• pastel

Further reading

• “pasteleiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pasteleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026