xesto

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since circa 1300 (gesto). From Latin gestus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

xesto m (plural xestos)

  1. gesture
  2. facial expression
  3. (archaic) posture, attitude (of the body)
    • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 159:
      Et quando [ella] caualgaua traballaua quanto podia por fazer gesto de varõ em seu caualgar
      And when she was riding, she tried as much as she could to keep a manly attitude

References[edit]

  • “gesto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “gesto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xesto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xesto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xesto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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