seleção

• seleçaõ (obsolete, used up to the 19th century)
• selecçaõ (obsolete, used up to the 19th century)
• selecção (obsolete, used up to 1945)

From Latin sēlēctiō (“selection”), from sēlēctus (“selected”), past participle of sēligō (“I select; I cull”).

The sense “national team” is from the idea that a national team is formed by a selection of a country’s best sportsmen.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌseleˈsɐ̃w̃/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨlɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

seleção f (plural seleções)

1. selection (the process or act of selecting)

   A seleção de animais para o abate.

   The selection of animals for slaughter.

2. selection (the elements which are chosen in a selection)

   Lerei uma seleção de livros.

   I will read a selection of books.

3. (sports) a sports team that represents a region or organisation, such as a national sports team

   A seleção italiana de futebol venceu quatro vezes a copa mundial.

   The Italian national football team won the world cup four times.

4. (biology) a process by which certain beings are excluded from the chance of passing their genes to future generations

   A seleção natural garantiu a sobrevivência dos homens.

   Natural selection guaranteed man’s survival.

• (act of selecting): escolha

• seleçãozinha (diminutive)
• seleção artificial
• seleção natural

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