Meanings (ES + gloss)
elegir • escoger • escogitar
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed…
elegir • escoger • escogitar
To elect.
He was chosen as president in 1990.
elegir • escoger • escogitar
To decide to act in a certain way.
I chose to walk to work today.
desear
To prefer; to wish; to desire.
Choose truth, and find beauty. Choose love, and embrace change.
The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
Phrases
I choose violencechoosabilitychoosablechoose one's battleschoose one's fighterchoose outchoose sideschoose the wrong horsechoose upchoose violencechoose your own adventurechoose-your-own-adventurechooseablechooserchoosinglycut and choosedivide and chooseforechoosemischoosenothing to choose betweenpick and chooseprechooserechooseright to chooseunchoose