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

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014