pastorear

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pastorar

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [pas.to.ɾeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [pas.to.ɾeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃ.to.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [paʃ.to.ɾeˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pas.to.ɾeˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tuˈɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tuˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃ.tuˈɾja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pas‧to‧re‧ar

Verb

pastorear (first-person singular present pastoreio, first-person singular preterite pastoreei, past participle pastoreado)

1. to watch over a herd
2. (figurative) to lead (to conduct or direct with authority)

   Synonyms: conduzir, liderar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastorear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pastorear
Personal	pastorear	pastoreares	pastorear	pastorearmos	pastoreardes	pastorearem
Gerund
	pastoreando
Past participle
Masculine	pastoreado			pastoreados
Feminine	pastoreada			pastoreadas
Indicative
Present	pastoreio	pastoreias	pastoreia	pastoreamos	pastoreais	pastoreiam
Imperfect	pastoreava	pastoreavas	pastoreava	pastoreávamos	pastoreáveis	pastoreavam
Preterite	pastoreei	pastoreaste	pastoreou	pastoreamos1, pastoreámos2	pastoreastes	pastorearam
Pluperfect	pastoreara	pastorearas	pastoreara	pastoreáramos	pastoreáreis	pastorearam
Future	pastorearei	pastorearás	pastoreará	pastorearemos	pastoreareis	pastorearão
Conditional	pastorearia	pastorearias	pastorearia	pastorearíamos	pastorearíeis	pastoreariam
Subjunctive
Present	pastoreie	pastoreies	pastoreie	pastoreemos	pastoreeis	pastoreiem
Imperfect	pastoreasse	pastoreasses	pastoreasse	pastoreássemos	pastoreásseis	pastoreassem
Future	pastorear	pastoreares	pastorear	pastorearmos	pastoreardes	pastorearem
Imperative
Affirmative		pastoreia	pastoreie	pastoreemos	pastoreai	pastoreiem
Negative (não)		não pastoreies	não pastoreie	não pastoreemos	não pastoreeis	não pastoreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pastor
• pastoreio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti

Proto-Italic *pāskō

Latin pāscō

Latin pāstor

Old Spanish pastor

Spanish pastor

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish pastorear

From pastor + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pastoɾeˈaɾ/ [pas.t̪o.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pas‧to‧re‧ar

Verb

pastorear (first-person singular present pastoreo, first-person singular preterite pastoreé, past participle pastoreado)

1. to shepherd

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastorear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pastorear
gerund			pastoreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pastoreado		pastoreada
		plural		pastoreados		pastoreadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pastoreo	pastoreastú pastoreásvos	pastorea	pastoreamos	pastoreáis	pastorean
	imperfect	pastoreaba	pastoreabas	pastoreaba	pastoreábamos	pastoreabais	pastoreaban
	preterite	pastoreé	pastoreaste	pastoreó	pastoreamos	pastoreasteis	pastorearon
	future	pastorearé	pastorearás	pastoreará	pastorearemos	pastorearéis	pastorearán
	conditional	pastorearía	pastorearías	pastorearía	pastorearíamos	pastorearíais	pastorearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pastoree	pastoreestú pastoreésvos2	pastoree	pastoreemos	pastoreéis	pastoreen
	imperfect (ra)	pastoreara	pastorearas	pastoreara	pastoreáramos	pastorearais	pastorearan
	imperfect (se)	pastorease	pastoreases	pastorease	pastoreásemos	pastoreaseis	pastoreasen
	future1	pastoreare	pastoreares	pastoreare	pastoreáremos	pastoreareis	pastorearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pastoreatú pastoreávos	pastoree	pastoreemos	pastoread	pastoreen
	negative		no pastorees	no pastoree	no pastoreemos	no pastoreéis	no pastoreen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pastorear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pastorear	dative	pastorearme	pastorearte	pastorearle, pastorearse	pastorearnos	pastorearos	pastorearles, pastorearse
	accusative	pastorearme	pastorearte	pastorearlo, pastorearla, pastorearse	pastorearnos	pastorearos	pastorearlos, pastorearlas, pastorearse
with gerund pastoreando	dative	pastoreándome	pastoreándote	pastoreándole, pastoreándose	pastoreándonos	pastoreándoos	pastoreándoles, pastoreándose
	accusative	pastoreándome	pastoreándote	pastoreándolo, pastoreándola, pastoreándose	pastoreándonos	pastoreándoos	pastoreándolos, pastoreándolas, pastoreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pastorea	dative	pastoréame	pastoréate	pastoréale	pastoréanos	not used	pastoréales
	accusative	pastoréame	pastoréate	pastoréalo, pastoréala	pastoréanos	not used	pastoréalos, pastoréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pastoreá	dative	pastoreame	pastoreate	pastoreale	pastoreanos	not used	pastoreales
	accusative	pastoreame	pastoreate	pastorealo, pastoreala	pastoreanos	not used	pastorealos, pastorealas
with formal second-person singular imperative pastoree	dative	pastoréeme	not used	pastoréele, pastoréese	pastoréenos	not used	pastoréeles
	accusative	pastoréeme	not used	pastoréelo, pastoréela, pastoréese	pastoréenos	not used	pastoréelos, pastoréelas
with first-person plural imperative pastoreemos	dative	not used	pastoreémoste	pastoreémosle	pastoreémonos	pastoreémoos	pastoreémosles
	accusative	not used	pastoreémoste	pastoreémoslo, pastoreémosla	pastoreémonos	pastoreémoos	pastoreémoslos, pastoreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pastoread	dative	pastoreadme	not used	pastoreadle	pastoreadnos	pastoreaos	pastoreadles
	accusative	pastoreadme	not used	pastoreadlo, pastoreadla	pastoreadnos	pastoreaos	pastoreadlos, pastoreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pastoreen	dative	pastoréenme	not used	pastoréenle	pastoréennos	not used	pastoréenles, pastoréense
	accusative	pastoréenme	not used	pastoréenlo, pastoréenla	pastoréennos	not used	pastoréenlos, pastoréenlas, pastoréense

Derived terms

• pastoreo

Further reading

• “pastorear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025