gesto
Spanish, noun
gesto is spelled G-E-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gesture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gestar. With an accent, gestó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of gestar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento que se hace con el rostro”.
What does gesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegesture
- 2
masculineexpression
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gestar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of gestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Movimiento que se hace con el rostro. 2. Movimiento de partes del cuerpo, en especial la cara y las manos, destinado a comunicar algo o a reforzar la expresión. 3. Proceso o resultado de hacer, realizar, obrar o encargarse, en particular si es memorable, se efectúa a través de cierto esfuerzo, o expresa una actitud o formalidad ante alguien o algo. 4. Característica, rasgo o aspecto notable de personalidad, actitud, carácter y conducta.
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 gesto
- gestos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gesto in Spanish?
gesto appears 18 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).