ingesta

English

Etymology

From New Latin ingerō. See ingest.

Noun

ingesta pl (plural only)

1. Material introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal.

Antonyms

• egesta

Anagrams

• gainset, gainest, ageinst, easting, teasing, tagines, giantes, tangies, tsigane, eatings, seating, genista, signate, ingates

Latin

Participle

ingesta

1. inflection of ingestus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

ingestā

1. ablative feminine singular of ingestus

Spanish

Noun

ingesta f (plural ingestas)

1. ingestion, consumption, intake
2. diet

Related terms

• ingerir

 

Further reading

• “ingesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10