escoger
Spanish
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Etymology
From Old Spanish escoger, equivalent to es- + coger, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *excolligere, from Latin ex- + colligere (“to gather”). Compare Asturian escoyer, Catalan escollir, Extremaduran escogel, Galician escoller, Portuguese escolher.
Pronunciation
Verb
escoger (first-person singular present escojo, first-person singular preterite escogí, past participle escogido)
- (transitive) to choose, select, pick
- Escojo la segunda opción. ― I choose the second option.
- Synonyms: elegir, seleccionar
- 2015 October 2, “Artur Mas sin delito”, in El País[1]:
- En caso de duda, escójase la interpretación más favorable al acusado.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of escoger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of escoger (g-j alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading
- “escoger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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