pastar

See also: påstår

Catalan

Etymology

From pasta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pasˈtaɾ]

Verb

pastar (first-person singular present pasto, first-person singular preterite pastí, past participle pastat)

1. (transitive) to make into a paste or dough, mix, blend
2. (transitive, intransitive) to knead
3. (transitive, figurative) to cook up, concoct

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pastar
gerund			pastant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pastat		pastada
		plural		pastats		pastades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pasto	pastes	pasta	pastem	pasteu	pasten
	imperfect	pastava	pastaves	pastava	pastàvem	pastàveu	pastaven
	future	pastaré	pastaràs	pastarà	pastarem	pastareu	pastaran
	preterite	pastí	pastares	pastà	pastàrem	pastàreu	pastaren
	conditional	pastaria	pastaries	pastaria	pastaríem	pastaríeu	pastarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pasti	pastis	pasti	pastem	pasteu	pastin
	imperfect	pastés	pastessis	pastés	pastéssim	pastéssiu	pastessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pasta	pasti	pastem	pasteu	pastin
	negative (no)	—	no pastis	no pasti	no pastem	no pasteu	no pastin

Derived terms

• a pastar fang

Related terms

• empastar
• pastac
• pastada
• pastador
• pastament
• pastat

Further reading

• “pastar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From pasto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈta(ʁ)/ [pasˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈta(ʁ)/ [pasˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pasˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃˈta(ʁ)/ [paʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pas‧tar

Verb

pastar (first-person singular present pasto, first-person singular preterite pastei, past participle pastado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to graze (eat grass from a pasture)
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to idle, to laze around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastar (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	pastar
Personal	pastar	pastares	pastar	pastarmos	pastardes	pastarem
Gerund
	pastando
Past participle
Masculine	pastado			pastados
Feminine	pastada			pastadas
Indicative
Present	pasto	pastas	pasta	pastamos	pastais	pastam
Imperfect	pastava	pastavas	pastava	pastávamos	pastáveis	pastavam
Preterite	pastei	pastaste	pastou	pastamos1, pastámos2	pastastes	pastaram
Pluperfect	pastara	pastaras	pastara	pastáramos	pastáreis	pastaram
Future	pastarei	pastarás	pastará	pastaremos	pastareis	pastarão
Conditional	pastaria	pastarias	pastaria	pastaríamos	pastaríeis	pastariam
Subjunctive
Present	paste	pastes	paste	pastemos	pasteis	pastem
Imperfect	pastasse	pastasses	pastasse	pastássemos	pastásseis	pastassem
Future	pastar	pastares	pastar	pastarmos	pastardes	pastarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pasta	paste	pastemos	pastai	pastem
Negative (não)		não pastes	não paste	não pastemos	não pasteis	não pastem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pasto

Further reading

• “pastar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pastar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “pastar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pastar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pastar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From pasto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtaɾ/ [pasˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pas‧tar

Verb

pastar (first-person singular present pasto, first-person singular preterite pasté, past participle pastado)

1. (transitive) to graze

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pastar
gerund			pastando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pastado		pastada
		plural		pastados		pastadas
		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	pasto	pastastú pastásvos	pasta	pastamos	pastáis	pastan
	imperfect	pastaba	pastabas	pastaba	pastábamos	pastabais	pastaban
	preterite	pasté	pastaste	pastó	pastamos	pastasteis	pastaron
	future	pastaré	pastarás	pastará	pastaremos	pastaréis	pastarán
	conditional	pastaría	pastarías	pastaría	pastaríamos	pastaríais	pastarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	paste	pastestú pastésvos2	paste	pastemos	pastéis	pasten
	imperfect (ra)	pastara	pastaras	pastara	pastáramos	pastarais	pastaran
	imperfect (se)	pastase	pastases	pastase	pastásemos	pastaseis	pastasen
	future1	pastare	pastares	pastare	pastáremos	pastareis	pastaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pastatú pastávos	paste	pastemos	pastad	pasten
	negative		no pastes	no paste	no pastemos	no pastéis	no pasten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pastar

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 pastar	dative	pastarme	pastarte	pastarle, pastarse	pastarnos	pastaros	pastarles, pastarse
	accusative	pastarme	pastarte	pastarlo, pastarla, pastarse	pastarnos	pastaros	pastarlos, pastarlas, pastarse
with gerund pastando	dative	pastándome	pastándote	pastándole, pastándose	pastándonos	pastándoos	pastándoles, pastándose
	accusative	pastándome	pastándote	pastándolo, pastándola, pastándose	pastándonos	pastándoos	pastándolos, pastándolas, pastándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pasta	dative	pástame	pástate	pástale	pástanos	not used	pástales
	accusative	pástame	pástate	pástalo, pástala	pástanos	not used	pástalos, pástalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pastá	dative	pastame	pastate	pastale	pastanos	not used	pastales
	accusative	pastame	pastate	pastalo, pastala	pastanos	not used	pastalos, pastalas
with formal second-person singular imperative paste	dative	pásteme	not used	pástele, pástese	pástenos	not used	pásteles
	accusative	pásteme	not used	pástelo, pástela, pástese	pástenos	not used	pástelos, pástelas
with first-person plural imperative pastemos	dative	not used	pastémoste	pastémosle	pastémonos	pastémoos	pastémosles
	accusative	not used	pastémoste	pastémoslo, pastémosla	pastémonos	pastémoos	pastémoslos, pastémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pastad	dative	pastadme	not used	pastadle	pastadnos	pastaos	pastadles
	accusative	pastadme	not used	pastadlo, pastadla	pastadnos	pastaos	pastadlos, pastadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pasten	dative	pástenme	not used	pástenle	pástennos	not used	pástenles, pástense
	accusative	pástenme	not used	pástenlo, pástenla	pástennos	not used	pástenlos, pástenlas, pástense

Related terms

• pasto

Further reading

• “pastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10