esleír

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish esleer,[1] from Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere. Doublet of elegir, which was borrowed. Compare French élire, Italian scegliere.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /esleˈiɾ/ [es.leˈiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧le‧ír

Verb[edit]

esleír (first-person singular present eslío, first-person singular preterite esleí, past participle esleído)

  1. (obsolete) to elect
  2. (obsolete) to choose
    Synonym: elegir

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