gestar
Spanish, verb/xesˈtaɾ/
gestar is spelled G-E-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 49,460th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to gestate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar el embrión (y luego feto) en el útero y sustentarlo desde la concepción hasta el parto”.
What does gestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gestate
- 2
to develop, generate (a feeling)
- 3
to carry out (progeny)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar el embrión (y luego feto) en el útero y sustentarlo desde la concepción hasta el parto. 2. Por analogía, llevar o dar forma y existencia a algo desde su idea o concepto inicial hasta su posterior desarrollo o realización.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gestar
- gesto first-person present singular
- gesté first-person preterite singular
- gestado participle past
- gestando gerund
- gestada feminine participle past
- gestados masculine participle past
- gestadas feminine participle past
- gestas indicative informal present
- gestás indicative informal present
- gesta indicative present singular
- gestamos first-person indicative plural
- gestáis indicative plural present
- gestan indicative plural present
- gestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gestabais imperfect indicative plural
- gestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gestar?
- /xesˈtaɾ/
- [xesˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gestar in Spanish?
gestar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).