gesta

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

gesta f (plural gestes)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

• “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, 2025.
• “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.

gesta

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

gesta

1. indefinite genitive plural of gestur

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: gè‧sta

gesta f pl (plural only)

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

• stage

gesta

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

gestā

1. ablative feminine singular of gestus

gesta n pl (genitive gestōrum); second declension

1. (rare) deeds, acts, achievements

   Synonym: rēs gestae

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

• “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
    

From Latin genesta.

• giesta

gesta f (plural gestas)

1. (botany) broom (leguminosae shrub)

   Synonym: giesteira

gesta

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

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

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gesta f (plural gestas)

1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

   Synonyms: hazaña, proeza, heroicidad

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

gesta

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

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