gesto

See also: gestó and gęsto

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛsto]

Noun

gesto n

1. gesture

Declension

Declension of gesto (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	gesto	gesta
genitive	gesta	gest
dative	gestu	gestům
accusative	gesto	gesta
vocative	gesto	gesta
locative	gestu	gestech
instrumental	gestem	gesty

Further reading

• “gesto”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “gesto”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡesto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Hyphenation: ges‧to

Noun

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

1. gesture

Derived terms

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

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

gesto

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin gestus.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

gesto m (plural gesti)

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

Synonyms

• (gesture, act): atto, azione

Related terms

• gesta
• gestatorio
• gesticolare
• gestuale

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Frequentative of gerō (“carry, bear”).

Verb

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)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gestō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	gestō		gestās		gestat		gestāmus		gestātis		gestant
	imperfect	gestābam		gestābās		gestābat		gestābāmus		gestābātis		gestābant
	future	gestābō		gestābis		gestābit		gestābimus		gestābitis		gestābunt
	perfect	gestāvī		gestāvistī		gestāvit		gestāvimus		gestāvistis		gestāvērunt, gestāvēre
	pluperfect	gestāveram		gestāverās		gestāverat		gestāverāmus		gestāverātis		gestāverant
	future perfect	gestāverō		gestāveris		gestāverit		gestāverimus		gestāveritis		gestāverint
passive	present	gestor		gestāris, gestāre		gestātur		gestāmur		gestāminī		gestantur
	imperfect	gestābar		gestābāris, gestābāre		gestābātur		gestābāmur		gestābāminī		gestābantur
	future	gestābor		gestāberis, gestābere		gestābitur		gestābimur		gestābiminī		gestābuntur
	perfect	gestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	gestem		gestēs		gestet		gestēmus		gestētis		gestent
	imperfect	gestārem		gestārēs		gestāret		gestārēmus		gestārētis		gestārent
	perfect	gestāverim		gestāverīs		gestāverit		gestāverīmus		gestāverītis		gestāverint
	pluperfect	gestāvissem		gestāvissēs		gestāvisset		gestāvissēmus		gestāvissētis		gestāvissent
passive	present	gester		gestēris, gestēre		gestētur		gestēmur		gestēminī		gestentur
	imperfect	gestārer		gestārēris, gestārēre		gestārētur		gestārēmur		gestārēminī		gestārentur
	perfect	gestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		gestā		—		—		gestāte		—
	future	—		gestātō		gestātō		—		gestātōte		gestantō
passive	present	—		gestāre		—		—		gestāminī		—
	future	—		gestātor		gestātor		—		—		gestantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gestāre			gestārī			gestāns			—
future		gestātūrum esse			gestātum īrī			gestātūrus			gestandus
perfect		gestāvisse			gestātum esse			—			gestātus
future perfect		—			gestātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		gestātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gestandī		gestandō		gestandum		gestandō		gestātum		gestātū

Derived terms

• circumgestō
• gestāmen
• gestātiō

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Participle

gestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gestus

References

• “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, 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
    

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛs.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: ges‧to

Noun

gesto m (plural gestos)

1. gesture

Related terms

• gesticulação
• gesticular

Etymology 2

Verb

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

Further reading

• “gesto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “gesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin gestus, whence English gesture.

Noun

gesto m (plural gestos)

1. gesture
2. expression

   Synonym: expresión

Derived terms

• hacer gestos (“to gesture”)
• torcer el gesto

Related terms

• gerencia
• gerente
• gesticular
• gestión

Etymology 2

Verb

gesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of gestar

Further reading

• “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