escolher
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *excolligere, from Latin ex- + colligere (“to gather”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
escolher
- to choose
Related terms
Descendants
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escolher, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *excolligere, from Latin ex- + colligere (“to gather”). Compare Galician escoller, Spanish escoger, Catalan escollir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [is.koˈʎe(h)], /es.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [es.koˈʎe(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.koˈʎe(ɾ)/, /es.koˈʎe(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [iʃ.koˈʎe(χ)], /eʃ.koˈʎe(ʁ)/ [eʃ.koˈʎe(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.koˈʎe(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈʎeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kuˈʎe.ɾi/
Audio (Northern Portugal): (file) - Hyphenation: es‧co‧lher
Verb
escolher (first-person singular present escolho, first-person singular preterite escolhi, past participle escolhido)
- to choose
- Synonyms: eleger, selecionar
Conjugation
Conjugation of escolher (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)