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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escolher (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), possibly from a Vulgar Latin *excolligere, from Latin ex- + colligere (“to gather”). Compare Portuguese escolher, Spanish escoger, Catalan escollir.
Pronunciation
Verb
escoller (first-person singular present escollo, first-person singular preterite escollín, past participle escollido, short past participle escolleito)
- to choose; to select
- Synonyms: elixir, escolmar, esleer
1389, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 204:et as ditas pesoas do cobidoo et conçello sobreditos acordaron logo entre sy de tomar os ditos homes boos et tomaron et escolleron por homes boos arbitros et amigaueles a don Ares Peres archidiago de Trasancos por parte do dito cabidoo et Afonso Fernandes de Laurada por parte do dito conçello - and the mentioned persons of the aforementioned Chapter and town Council agree then to take those good men; and they took and chose as good men, arbitrators and friends, Don Ares Pérez, archdeacon of Trasancos, on behalf of the aforementioned Chapter; and Afonso Fernández de Labrada on behalf of the Council
Conjugation
Conjugation of escoller (irregular short past participle)
1Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escoller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escoll”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escoller”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escoller”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escoller”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN