gestar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gestāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒəsˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒesˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ʒesˈta] === Verb === gestar (first-person singular present gesto, first-person singular preterite gestí, past participle gestat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ to gestate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== gestació === Further reading === “gestar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “gestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “gestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gestar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Ido == === Verb === gestar (present tense gestas, past tense gestis, future tense gestos, imperative gestez, conditional gestus) to gesticulate ==== Conjugation ==== == 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== gestação === Further reading === “gestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin gestāre. === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “gestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025