He began to gesticulate wildly, as though that would make them understand.
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Gesticulate
//dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪt//
Synonyms for "gesticulate" (7 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- жестикулирам verb (to make gestures)
- ръкомахам verb (to make gestures)
Catalan
4 entries- accionar verb (to make gestures)
- gesticular verb (to make gestures)
- gesticular verb (to express through gestures)
- manejar verb (to make gestures)
Danish
2 entries- gestikulere verb (to make gestures)
- gestikulere verb (to express through gestures)
Esperanto
1 entries- gestadi verb (to make gestures)
Finnish
4 entries- elehtiä verb (to make gestures)
- elehtiä verb (to express through gestures)
- viittoilla verb (to make gestures)
- viittoilla verb (to express through gestures)
French
1 entries- gesticuler verb (to make gestures)
Georgian
2 entries- ჟესტიკულირება verb (to make gestures)
- ჟესტიკულირება verb (to express through gestures)
German
2 entries- gestikulieren verb (to make gestures)
- gestikulieren verb (to express through gestures)
Italian
3 entries- gesticolare verb (to make gestures)
- gesticolare verb (to express through gestures)
- segnare verb (to express through gestures)
Latin
1 entries- gesticulor verb (to make gestures)
Latvian
2 entries- žestikulēt verb (to make gestures)
- žestikulēt verb (to express through gestures)
Māori
4 entries- hūkari verb (to make gestures)
- hūkarikari verb (to make gestures)
- rotarota verb (to express through gestures)
- tungatunga verb (to make gestures)
Polish
1 entries- gestykulować verb (to make gestures)
Quechua
1 entries- haywaykachay verb (to make gestures)
Russian
2 entries- жестикули́ровать verb (to make gestures)
- жестикули́ровать verb (to express through gestures)
Sicilian
4 entries- fari musiuna verb (to make gestures)
- fari musiuna verb (to express through gestures)
- gisticulari verb (to make gestures)
- gisticulari verb (to express through gestures)
Spanish
2 entries- gesticular verb (to make gestures)
- manotear verb (to express through gestures)
Swedish
1 entries- gestikulera verb (to make gestures)
Welsh
2 entries- ystumio verb (to make gestures)
- ystumio verb (to express through gestures)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Try to gesticulate a little less.
Source: tatoeba (10830342)
He began to gesticulate.
Source: tatoeba (11720496)
She has answered, France has answered, in thunderings articulate, / From the Alps and either Seaboard, to the Pyrenees, the Rhine; / And though a horde of demagogues may bellow and gesticulate, / They know this is a victory of the PEOPLE'S RIGHT DIVINE.
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