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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. gesture

Derived terms

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

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gestura, nominative feminine singular of gesturus (“about to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.sto/
• 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): /ˈɡes.toː/, [ˈɡɛs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒes.to/, [ˈd͡ʒɛst̪o]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gestāre	gestāvisse	gestātūrum esse	gestārī	gestātum esse	gestātum īrī
participles		gestāns	—	gestātūrus	—	gestātus	gestandus
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^[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
    

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

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

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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28