escoger

Meaning

to choose, select, pick

Concepts

choose

pick

elect

select

pick out

opt

name

cull

gather

take

pluck

appoint

connote

demonstrate

denote

designate

display

indicate

manifest

mark

motion

point out

show

suggest

divide

segregate

separate

sort

split

to

classify

collect

harvest

pick up

prefer

cast

select elect

appropriate

take possession of

Hyphenated as

es‧co‧ger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eskoˈxeɾ/

Etymology

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.