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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese escolledo, from escoller (“to choose”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
escolhido (feminine escolhida, masculine plural escolhidos, feminine plural escolhidas)
- chosen; selected; picked
- Synonyms: optado, selecionado
- Antonyms: desprezado, relegado, rejeitado
Noun
escolhido m (plural escolhidos, feminine escolhida, feminine plural escolhidas)
- something or someone that has been chosen, selected
- Synonyms: escolha, opção
- (fiction, religion) the chosen one
Participle
escolhido (feminine escolhida, masculine plural escolhidos, feminine plural escolhidas)
- past participle of escolher