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gesta

Spanish, noun

gesta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “feat, achievement, heroic deed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of gestar. With an accent, gestá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of gestar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hazaña o conjunto de hechos memorables de una persona, colectividad o pueblo”.

What does gesta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefeat, achievement, heroic deed

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as gestá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of gestar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hazaña o conjunto de hechos memorables de una persona, colectividad o pueblo.

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 gesta

  • gestas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to gesta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gesta in Spanish?

gesta appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).