giesta
Portuguese, noun/ʒiˈɛs.tɐ/
giesta is spelled G-I-E-S-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giesta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of gesta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de algumas plantas subarbustivas da família das leguminosas”.
What does giesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of gesta
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar de algumas plantas subarbustivas da família das leguminosas
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 giesta
- giestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce giesta?
- Brazil /ʒiˈɛs.tɐ/
- Brazil /ˈʒjɛs.tɐ/
- /ʒiˈɛʃ.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 giesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is giesta in Portuguese?
giesta appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).