pastura

See also: păstură, pasturà, and pãsturã

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəsˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pasˈtu.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pastūra, from pastus.

Noun

pastura f (plural pastures)

1. pasture

Derived terms

• pasturar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pastura

1. inflection of pasturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pastura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pastura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pastura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pastura”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin pastūra, from pastus.

Noun

pastura f (plural pasture)

1. pasture, grazing
2. bait (for fish)

Related terms

• pascere
• pastore
• pasturale
• pasturare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pastura

1. inflection of pasturare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pastura”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• ruspata, sparuta

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti

Proto-Italic *pāskōr

Latin pāscor

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin pāstūra

From pāscor + -tūra.

Noun

pāstūra f (genitive pāstūrae); first declension

1. pasture, grazing ground

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāstūra	pāstūrae
genitive	pāstūrae	pāstūrārum
dative	pāstūrae	pāstūrīs
accusative	pāstūram	pāstūrās
ablative	pāstūrā	pāstūrīs
vocative	pāstūra	pāstūrae

Related terms

• pastiō
• pastūrus
• pastor

Descendants

• Aromanian: pãsturã
• Catalan: pastura
• English: pasture
• French: pâture
• Friulian: pasture
• Italian: pastura
• Norman: pâtuthe
• Occitan: pastura
• Romanian: păstură
• Sicilian: pastura
• Spanish: pastura
• Venetan: pastura

Etymology 2

Participle

pāstūra

1. inflection of pāstūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pāstūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of pāstūrus

References

• “pastura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pastura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pastura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pastura in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pastura, from pastus (“pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtuɾa/ [pasˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pas‧tu‧ra

Noun

pastura f (plural pasturas)

1. pasture, grassland

Related terms

• pacer
• pasto
• pastor

Further reading

• “pastura”, 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