gesto

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʒes.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒes.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒes.to]

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛsto]

gesto n

1. gesture

• “gesto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “gesto”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡesto/

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: ges‧to

gesto (accusative singular geston, plural gestoj, accusative plural gestojn)

1. gesture

• gestadi (“to gesticulate”)
• gesti (“to gesture”)
• gestolingvo (“sign language”)

Inherited from Latin gestus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: gè‧sto

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gesto m (plural gesti)

1. gesture, an act
2. gesture, a sign, a movement

• (gesture, act): atto, azione

• gesta
• gestatorio
• gesticolare
• gestuale

• gesto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛs.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛs.to]

Frequentative of gerō (“carry, bear”).

gestō (present infinitive gestāre, perfect active gestāvī, supine gestātum); first conjugation

1. to bear, carry
2. to have, hold, wield
3. to ride, sail, drive, especially for pleasure
4. to wage, as in war
5. to wear (as shoes)

• circumgestō
• gestāmen
• gestātiō

• Catalan: gestar
• Italian: gestare
• Portuguese: gestar
• Spanish: gestar

gestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gestus

• “gesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gesto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to carry in one's arms: in manibus aliquem gestare
    
  • to love and make a bosom friend of a person: aliquem in sinu gestare (aliquis est in sinu alicuius) (Ter. Ad. 4. 5. 75)
    
  • (ambiguous) picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
    
  • (ambiguous) to celebrate some one's exploits in song: alicuius res gestas versibus ornare, celebrare
    

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gesto, from Latin gestus.

• Hyphenation: ges‧to

gesto m (plural gestos)

1. gesture

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈxesto/ [ˈxes.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: ges‧to

From Latin gestus, whence English gesture.

gesto m (plural gestos)

1. gesture
2. expression

   Synonym: expresión

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

• “gesto”, 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