# gesto
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈʒes.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈʒes.to]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒes.to]

### Verb

gesto
* first-person singular present indicative of gestar

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɛsto]

### Noun

gesto n
* gesture

#### Declension
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin gestus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛ.sto/
* Rhymes: -ɛsto
* Hyphenation: gè‧sto
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gesto m (plural gesti)
* gesture, an act
* 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: /ˈɡes.toː/, [ˈɡɛs̠t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒes.to/, [ˈd͡ʒɛst̪o]

### Etymology 1

Frequentative of gerō (“carry, bear”).

#### Verb

gestō (present infinitive gestāre, perfect active gestāvī, supine gestātum); first conjugation
* to bear, carry
* to have, hold, wield
* to ride, sail, drive, especially for pleasure
* to wage, as in war
* to wear (as shoes)

##### Derived terms

* circumgestō
* gestāmen
* gestātiō

##### Descendants

* Catalan: gestar
* Italian: gestare
* Portuguese: gestar
* Spanish: gestar

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

gestō
* 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: /ˈʒɛs.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒɛs.tu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʒɛʃ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒɛs.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʒɛʃ.tu/
* Hyphenation: ges‧to

#### Noun

gesto m (plural gestos)
* gesture

##### Related terms

* gesticulação
* gesticular

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gesto
* first-person singular present indicative of gestar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxesto/ [ˈxes.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -esto
* Syllabification: ges‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin gestus, whence English gesture.

#### Noun

gesto m (plural gestos)
* gesture
* expression
    Synonym: expresión

##### Derived terms

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

##### Related terms

* gerencia
* gerente
* gesticular
* gestión

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

gesto
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10