pasteleiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From pastel +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(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/
- (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)

pastry cook, confectioner
Synonym: confeiteiro

Related terms

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