gesta

See also: gestá, gęsta, gęstą, and gestă

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈʒe̞s.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈʒes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒes.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈʒes.ta]
• Rhymes: -esta

Etymology 1

Noun

gesta f (plural gestes)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

Further reading

• “gesta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gesta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “gesta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gesta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

1. inflection of gestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Noun

gesta

1. indefinite genitive plural of gestur

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: gè‧sta

Noun

gesta f pl (plural only)

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

Anagrams

• stage

Latin

Participle

gesta

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

Participle

gestā

1. ablative feminine singular of gestus

Noun

gesta n pl (genitive gestōrum); second declension

1. (rare) deeds, acts, achievements

   Synonym: rēs gestae

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	gesta
genitive	gestōrum
dative	gestīs
accusative	gesta
ablative	gestīs
vocative	gesta

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, 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
    

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjes.tɑ/

Noun

ġesta

1. genitive plural of ġest

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛs.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛs.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ
• Hyphenation: ges‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin genesta.

Alternative forms

• giesta

Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

1. (botany) broom (leguminosae shrub)

   Synonym: giesteira

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

1. inflection of gestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gesta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gesta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxesta/ [ˈxes.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: ges‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

   Synonyms: hazaña, proeza, heroicidad

Derived terms

• canción de gesta, cantar de gesta
• romance de gesta

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

1. inflection of gestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026