gesta
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒɛs.tɐ/
gesta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “broom (leguminosae shrub)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of gestar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “façanhas militares, relato de feitos históricos”.
What does gesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebroom (leguminosae shrub)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. façanhas militares, relato de feitos históricos 2. giesta, planta arbustiva, usada como vassoira, diversos gêneros e espécies recebem este nome, Cytisus sp., Osyris alba, Genista sp.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gesta
- gestas plural
- giesta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesta?
- Brazil /ˈʒɛs.tɐ/
- /ˈʒɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʒɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gesta in Portuguese?
gesta appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).