gesta

See also: gestá, gęsta, and gęstą

Catalan

Noun

gesta f (plural gestes)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

Further reading

• “gesta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gesta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gesta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gesta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive plural of gestur

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Italian

Noun

gesta f, pl only

1. (literary, humorous) deeds, exploits, achievements

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) gesta

1. nominative feminine singular of gestus
2. nominative neuter plural of gestus
3. accusative neuter plural of gestus
4. vocative feminine singular of gestus
5. vocative neuter plural of gestus

Participle

(deprecated template usage) gestā

1. ablative feminine singular of gestus

References

• “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gesta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
    
  • (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
    
  • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res fortiter feliciterque gesta
    
  • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res bene gesta
    

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• giesta

Etymology

From Latin genesta.

Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

1. (botany) broom (leguminosae shrub)

Synonyms

• giesteira

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxesta/ [ˈxes.t̪a]

Etymology 1

Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

   Synonyms: hazaña, proeza, heroicidad

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of gestar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of gestar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of gestar.

Further reading

• “gesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014