Meanings (ES + gloss)
ademán • amague • gesto
A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.
The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.
atención • detalle • gesto
An act or a remark that serves as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
But, with a gesture, she put a period to this dalliance—one shouldn't palter so on an empty stomach, she might almost have said.
We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gestear
To make a gesture or gestures.
My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk.
Never gesture at someone using your middle finger: it may be perceived as an insult.
gestear
To express (something) by a gesture or gestures.
He gestured his disgust.