gesticular

English

Adjective

gesticular (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to gesticulation.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gesticulārī. First attested in 1864.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒəs.ti.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒes.ti.kuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʒes.ti.kuˈla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

gesticular (first-person singular present gesticulo, first-person singular preterite gesticulí, past participle gesticulat)

1. (intransitive) to gesticulate

   Synonyms: accionar, manejar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of gesticular (first conjugation)

infinitive			gesticular
gerund			gesticulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gesticulat		gesticulada
		plural		gesticulats		gesticulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gesticulo	gesticules	gesticula	gesticulem	gesticuleu	gesticulen
	imperfect	gesticulava	gesticulaves	gesticulava	gesticulàvem	gesticulàveu	gesticulaven
	future	gesticularé	gesticularàs	gesticularà	gesticularem	gesticulareu	gesticularan
	preterite	gesticulí	gesticulares	gesticulà	gesticulàrem	gesticulàreu	gesticularen
	conditional	gesticularia	gesticularies	gesticularia	gesticularíem	gesticularíeu	gesticularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gesticuli	gesticulis	gesticuli	gesticulem	gesticuleu	gesticulin
	imperfect	gesticulés	gesticulessis	gesticulés	gesticuléssim	gesticuléssiu	gesticulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gesticula	gesticuli	gesticulem	gesticuleu	gesticulin
	negative (no)	—	no gesticulis	no gesticuli	no gesticulem	no gesticuleu	no gesticulin

Related terms

• gest
• gesticulació
• gesticulador

Further reading

• “gesticular”, 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
• “gesticular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gesticular”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin gestus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin gesticulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin gesticulārībor.

Portuguese gesticular

Borrowed from Latin gesticulārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒeʃ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ʒeʃ.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʒes.t͡ʃi.kuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨʃ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨʃ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨʃ.ti.kuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ges‧ti‧cu‧lar

Verb

gesticular (first-person singular present gesticulo, first-person singular preterite gesticulei, past participle gesticulado)

1. to gesticulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gesticular (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	gesticular
Personal	gesticular	gesticulares	gesticular	gesticularmos	gesticulardes	gesticularem
Gerund
	gesticulando
Past participle
Masculine	gesticulado			gesticulados
Feminine	gesticulada			gesticuladas
Indicative
Present	gesticulo	gesticulas	gesticula	gesticulamos	gesticulais	gesticulam
Imperfect	gesticulava	gesticulavas	gesticulava	gesticulávamos	gesticuláveis	gesticulavam
Preterite	gesticulei	gesticulaste	gesticulou	gesticulamos1, gesticulámos2	gesticulastes	gesticularam
Pluperfect	gesticulara	gesticularas	gesticulara	gesticuláramos	gesticuláreis	gesticularam
Future	gesticularei	gesticularás	gesticulará	gesticularemos	gesticulareis	gesticularão
Conditional	gesticularia	gesticularias	gesticularia	gesticularíamos	gesticularíeis	gesticulariam
Subjunctive
Present	gesticule	gesticules	gesticule	gesticulemos	gesticuleis	gesticulem
Imperfect	gesticulasse	gesticulasses	gesticulasse	gesticulássemos	gesticulásseis	gesticulassem
Future	gesticular	gesticulares	gesticular	gesticularmos	gesticulardes	gesticularem
Imperative
Affirmative		gesticula	gesticule	gesticulemos	gesticulai	gesticulem
Negative (não)		não gesticules	não gesticule	não gesticulemos	não gesticuleis	não gesticulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• gesticulação
• gesticulador
• gesto

Further reading

• “gesticular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gesticular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gesticulor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xestikuˈlaɾ/ [xes.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ges‧ti‧cu‧lar

Verb

gesticular (first-person singular present gesticulo, first-person singular preterite gesticulé, past participle gesticulado)

1. (intransitive) to gesticulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gesticular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gesticular
gerund			gesticulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gesticulado		gesticulada
		plural		gesticulados		gesticuladas
		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	gesticulo	gesticulastú gesticulásvos	gesticula	gesticulamos	gesticuláis	gesticulan
	imperfect	gesticulaba	gesticulabas	gesticulaba	gesticulábamos	gesticulabais	gesticulaban
	preterite	gesticulé	gesticulaste	gesticuló	gesticulamos	gesticulasteis	gesticularon
	future	gesticularé	gesticularás	gesticulará	gesticularemos	gesticularéis	gesticularán
	conditional	gesticularía	gesticularías	gesticularía	gesticularíamos	gesticularíais	gesticularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gesticule	gesticulestú gesticulésvos2	gesticule	gesticulemos	gesticuléis	gesticulen
	imperfect (ra)	gesticulara	gesticularas	gesticulara	gesticuláramos	gesticularais	gesticularan
	imperfect (se)	gesticulase	gesticulases	gesticulase	gesticulásemos	gesticulaseis	gesticulasen
	future1	gesticulare	gesticulares	gesticulare	gesticuláremos	gesticulareis	gesticularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gesticulatú gesticulávos	gesticule	gesticulemos	gesticulad	gesticulen
	negative		no gesticules	no gesticule	no gesticulemos	no gesticuléis	no gesticulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• gesticulación
• gesticulador
• gesto

Further reading

• “gesticular”, 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