Polyglot Dictionary

gesto

/ˈxesto/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los gestos

Meaning

  1. gesture

    • Fue un bonito gesto.

      It was a nice gesture.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

seña

gesto and seña are close synonyms for "gesture"; seña also separately means "sign," more broadly.

Similar in other languages

French

geste

geste is the French word for the same thing — both mean "gesture."

Portuguese

gesto

gesto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gesture."

Practice

1 What does gesto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fue un bonito ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gesto?

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