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gesticulação

Portuguese, noun/ʒes.t͡ʃi.ku.laˈsɐ̃w̃/

gesticulação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gesticulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de gesticular, mover os braços, fazer gestos”.

What does gesticulação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininegesticulation

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato ou efeito de gesticular, mover os braços, fazer gestos

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 gesticulação

  • gesticulações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gesticulação?

  • Brazil /ʒes.t͡ʃi.ku.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ʒes.t͡ʃi.ku.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /ʒeʃ.t͡ʃi.ku.laˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gesticulação

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

How common is gesticulação in Portuguese?

gesticulação appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.

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