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escollir.

to choose

8 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[əs.kuˈʎi]Balearic, Central, Northern[es.koˈʎiɾ]Valencia[es.koˈʎi]Northwestern

  1. to choose

  2. to elect

Where this word comes from

From es- + collir, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *excolligere, from Latin ex- + colligere (“to gather”). Compare Galician escoller, Spanish escoger, Portuguese escolher, Asturian escoyer, Extremaduran escogel.

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