gestar
See also: Gestar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin gestō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʒəsˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒesˈtaɾ/
Verb
gestar (first-person singular present gesto, past participle gestat)
- to gestate
Conjugation
Conjugation of gestar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | gestar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | gestant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gestat | gestada | |||||
| plural | gestats | gestades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gesto | gestes | gesta | gestem | gesteu | gesten | |
| imperfect | gestava | gestaves | gestava | gestàvem | gestàveu | gestaven | |
| future | gestaré | gestaràs | gestarà | gestarem | gestareu | gestaran | |
| preterite | gestí | gestares | gestà | gestàrem | gestàreu | gestaren | |
| conditional | gestaria | gestaries | gestaria | gestaríem | gestaríeu | gestarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gesti | gestis | gesti | gestem | gesteu | gestin | |
| imperfect | gestés | gestessis | gestés | gestéssim | gestéssiu | gestessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | gesta | gesti | gestem | gesteu | gestin | ||
Related terms
- gestació
Further reading
- “gestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “gestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Verb
gestar (present tense gestas, past tense gestis, future tense gestos, imperative gestez, conditional gestus)
- to gesticulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of gestar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gestar | gestir | gestor | ||||
| tense | gestas | gestis | gestos | ||||
| conditional | gestus | ||||||
| imperative | gestez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | gestanta | gestinta | gestonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | gestante | gestinte | gestonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | gestanto | gestinto | gestonto | |||
| plural | gestanti | gestinti | gestonti | ||||
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gestar m
- indefinite plural of gest
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gestāre.
Verb
gestar (first-person singular present gesto, first-person singular preterite gestei, past participle gestado)
- to gestate (to carry offspring in the uterus)
- (by extension) to gestate (to develop an idea)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gestar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | gestar | |||||
| Personal | gestar | gestares | gestar | gestarmos | gestardes | gestarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| gestando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | gestado | gestados | ||||
| Feminine | gestada | gestadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | gesto | gestas | gesta | gestamos | gestais | gestam |
| Imperfect | gestava | gestavas | gestava | gestávamos | gestáveis | gestavam |
| Preterite | gestei | gestaste | gestou | gestamos1, gestámos2 | gestastes | gestaram |
| Pluperfect | gestara | gestaras | gestara | gestáramos | gestáreis | gestaram |
| Future | gestarei | gestarás | gestará | gestaremos | gestareis | gestarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| gestaria | gestarias | gestaria | gestaríamos | gestaríeis | gestariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | geste | gestes | geste | gestemos | gesteis | gestem |
| Imperfect | gestasse | gestasses | gestasse | gestássemos | gestásseis | gestassem |
| Future | gestar | gestares | gestar | gestarmos | gestardes | gestarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | gesta | geste | gestemos | gestai | gestem | |
| Negative (não) | não gestes | não geste | não gestemos | não gesteis | não gestem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- gestação
Further reading
- “gestar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin gestō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xesˈtaɾ/ [xesˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ges‧tar
Verb
gestar (first-person singular present gesto, first-person singular preterite gesté, past participle gestado)
- to gestate
- to develop, generate (a feeling)
- to carry out (progeny)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | gestar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gestando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gestado | gestada | |||||
| plural | gestados | gestadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | gesto | gestastú gestásvos | gesta | gestamos | gestáis | gestan | |
| imperfect | gestaba | gestabas | gestaba | gestábamos | gestabais | gestaban | |
| preterite | gesté | gestaste | gestó | gestamos | gestasteis | gestaron | |
| future | gestaré | gestarás | gestará | gestaremos | gestaréis | gestarán | |
| conditional | gestaría | gestarías | gestaría | gestaríamos | gestaríais | gestarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | geste | gestestú gestésvos2 | geste | gestemos | gestéis | gesten | |
| imperfect (ra) | gestara | gestaras | gestara | gestáramos | gestarais | gestaran | |
| imperfect (se) | gestase | gestases | gestase | gestásemos | gestaseis | gestasen | |
| future1 | gestare | gestares | gestare | gestáremos | gestareis | gestaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | gestatú gestávos | geste | gestemos | gestad | gesten | ||
| negative | no gestes | no geste | no gestemos | no gestéis | no gesten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of gestar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive gestar | |||||||
| dative | gestarme | gestarte | gestarle, gestarse | gestarnos | gestaros | gestarles, gestarse | |
| accusative | gestarme | gestarte | gestarlo, gestarla, gestarse | gestarnos | gestaros | gestarlos, gestarlas, gestarse | |
| with gerund gestando | |||||||
| dative | gestándome | gestándote | gestándole, gestándose | gestándonos | gestándoos | gestándoles, gestándose | |
| accusative | gestándome | gestándote | gestándolo, gestándola, gestándose | gestándonos | gestándoos | gestándolos, gestándolas, gestándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative gesta | |||||||
| dative | géstame | géstate | géstale | géstanos | not used | géstales | |
| accusative | géstame | géstate | géstalo, géstala | géstanos | not used | géstalos, géstalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative gestá | |||||||
| dative | gestame | gestate | gestale | gestanos | not used | gestales | |
| accusative | gestame | gestate | gestalo, gestala | gestanos | not used | gestalos, gestalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative geste | |||||||
| dative | gésteme | not used | géstele, géstese | géstenos | not used | gésteles | |
| accusative | gésteme | not used | géstelo, géstela, géstese | géstenos | not used | géstelos, géstelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative gestemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | gestémoste | gestémosle | gestémonos | gestémoos | gestémosles | |
| accusative | not used | gestémoste | gestémoslo, gestémosla | gestémonos | gestémoos | gestémoslos, gestémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative gestad | |||||||
| dative | gestadme | not used | gestadle | gestadnos | gestaos | gestadles | |
| accusative | gestadme | not used | gestadlo, gestadla | gestadnos | gestaos | gestadlos, gestadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative gesten | |||||||
| dative | géstenme | not used | géstenle | géstennos | not used | géstenles, géstense | |
| accusative | géstenme | not used | géstenlo, géstenla | géstennos | not used | géstenlos, géstenlas, géstense | |
Related terms
- gesto
- gestionar
- gestión
Further reading
- “gestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014