pastelear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)

Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.

Latin pasta

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin pastellus

Latin -um

Latin pastellum

Italian pastelloder.

Old French pastelder.

Spanish pastel

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish pastelear

From pastel + -ear.

Verb

pastelear (first-person singular present pasteleo, first-person singular preterite pasteleé, past participle pasteleado)

1. to suck up; kiss ass; backscratch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pastelear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pastelear
gerund			pasteleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pasteleado		pasteleada
		plural		pasteleados		pasteleadas
		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	pasteleo	pasteleastú pasteleásvos	pastelea	pasteleamos	pasteleáis	pastelean
	imperfect	pasteleaba	pasteleabas	pasteleaba	pasteleábamos	pasteleabais	pasteleaban
	preterite	pasteleé	pasteleaste	pasteleó	pasteleamos	pasteleasteis	pastelearon
	future	pastelearé	pastelearás	pasteleará	pastelearemos	pastelearéis	pastelearán
	conditional	pastelearía	pastelearías	pastelearía	pastelearíamos	pastelearíais	pastelearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pastelee	pasteleestú pasteleésvos2	pastelee	pasteleemos	pasteleéis	pasteleen
	imperfect (ra)	pasteleara	pastelearas	pasteleara	pasteleáramos	pastelearais	pastelearan
	imperfect (se)	pastelease	pasteleases	pastelease	pasteleásemos	pasteleaseis	pasteleasen
	future1	pasteleare	pasteleares	pasteleare	pasteleáremos	pasteleareis	pastelearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pasteleatú pasteleávos	pastelee	pasteleemos	pastelead	pasteleen
	negative		no pastelees	no pastelee	no pasteleemos	no pasteleéis	no pasteleen

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

    Selected combined forms of pastelear

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 pastelear	dative	pastelearme	pastelearte	pastelearle, pastelearse	pastelearnos	pastelearos	pastelearles, pastelearse
	accusative	pastelearme	pastelearte	pastelearlo, pastelearla, pastelearse	pastelearnos	pastelearos	pastelearlos, pastelearlas, pastelearse
with gerund pasteleando	dative	pasteleándome	pasteleándote	pasteleándole, pasteleándose	pasteleándonos	pasteleándoos	pasteleándoles, pasteleándose
	accusative	pasteleándome	pasteleándote	pasteleándolo, pasteleándola, pasteleándose	pasteleándonos	pasteleándoos	pasteleándolos, pasteleándolas, pasteleándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pastelea	dative	pasteléame	pasteléate	pasteléale	pasteléanos	not used	pasteléales
	accusative	pasteléame	pasteléate	pasteléalo, pasteléala	pasteléanos	not used	pasteléalos, pasteléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pasteleá	dative	pasteleame	pasteleate	pasteleale	pasteleanos	not used	pasteleales
	accusative	pasteleame	pasteleate	pastelealo, pasteleala	pasteleanos	not used	pastelealos, pastelealas
with formal second-person singular imperative pastelee	dative	pasteléeme	not used	pasteléele, pasteléese	pasteléenos	not used	pasteléeles
	accusative	pasteléeme	not used	pasteléelo, pasteléela, pasteléese	pasteléenos	not used	pasteléelos, pasteléelas
with first-person plural imperative pasteleemos	dative	not used	pasteleémoste	pasteleémosle	pasteleémonos	pasteleémoos	pasteleémosles
	accusative	not used	pasteleémoste	pasteleémoslo, pasteleémosla	pasteleémonos	pasteleémoos	pasteleémoslos, pasteleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pastelead	dative	pasteleadme	not used	pasteleadle	pasteleadnos	pasteleaos	pasteleadles
	accusative	pasteleadme	not used	pasteleadlo, pasteleadla	pasteleadnos	pasteleaos	pasteleadlos, pasteleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pasteleen	dative	pasteléenme	not used	pasteléenle	pasteléennos	not used	pasteléenles, pasteléense
	accusative	pasteléenme	not used	pasteléenlo, pasteléenla	pasteléennos	not used	pasteléenlos, pasteléenlas, pasteléense

Further reading

• “pastelear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026