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escoger

/eskoˈxeɾ/

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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.