escolher

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɾ

Verb

escolher

  1. to choose

Descendants

  • Galician: escoller
  • Portuguese: escolher

Further reading

Portuguese

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/

  • Hyphenation: es‧co‧lher

Verb

escolher (first-person singular present escolho, first-person singular preterite escolhi, past participle escolhido)

  1. to choose
    Synonyms: eleger, selecionar

Conjugation

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