verb/eskoˈxeɾ/
to choose, select, pick
“Escojo la segunda opción.” — I choose the second option.
Synonyms: elegir, seleccionar
Related: comerás con la cuchara que escojas, escogida, escogido, escogimiento
Inherited 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.