eleger

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēligō, ēligere (“I choose, I elect”), from ex (“out of, from”) + legō (“choose, select, appoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈʒe(χ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈʒe(ɻ)/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /e.le.ˈʒe(ɹ)/

eleger (first-person singular present indicative elejo, short past participle eleito, long past participle elegido)

1. to elect

   Synonym: escolher

2. to name (mention, specify, choose)

   Synonym: nomear

3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of eleger
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of eleger
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of eleger
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of eleger