choose

elegir

verb

choose
(pt chose [t???z], pp chosen [?t???z?n])
[t?u?z]
verbo transitivo
1 elegir, escoger
  • to choose to do something -> decidir hacer algo
  • there's not much to choose between them -> no es fácil escoger entre los dos
verbo intransitivo
2 elegir, escoger
  • I'll do as I choose -> haré lo que me parezca

choose [chus]
  • To choose to -> decidir, optar por (decide)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1 Tener facultad para elegir, hacer o dejar de hacer alguna cosa; preferir, querer. (n)
  • You can choose from this range -> puede elegir o escoger dentro de esta gama
  • There’s little o not much to choose between them -> no hay gran diferencia entre ellos
  • Why don’t you tell me your age?-because I don’t choose -> ¿por qué no me dice Ud
  • To choose rather -> preferir
  • The chosen ones -> los mejores, los más granados, los escogidos
va. Escoger, tomar o elegir con preferencia (select); predestinar. Elegir (candidate). Elegir, escoger. su edad? -porque no quiero, porque no me place.

choose [tʃuːz] chose (past)chosen (participle:past)
verb:transitive
1 (gen) elegir; escoger; (select) [+team] seleccionar; [+candidate] elegir
he was chosen (as) leader fue elegido líder; there is nothing to choose between them vale tanto el uno como el otro; no veo la diferencia entre ellos
2 (opt)
to choose to do sth optar por hacer algo; if I don't choose to si no quiero
verb:intransitive
elegir; escoger
to choose between elegir entre; there are several to choose from hay varios entre los que elegir; as/when I choose como/cuando me parezca; (informal) como/cuando me dé la gana; (Esp) (informal)

Verb Conjugation for "choose"

Imperative
  • choose
  • you choose
  • he/she chooses
  • we choose
  • you choose
  • they choose
Preterite
  • I chose
  • you chose
  • he/she chose
  • we chose
  • you chose
  • they chose
Present Continuous
  • I am choosing
  • you are choosing
  • he/she is choosing
  • we are choosing
  • you are choosing
  • they are choosing
Present Perfect
  • I have chosen
  • you have chosen
  • he/she has chosen
  • we have chosen
  • you have chosen
  • they have chosen
Past Continuous
  • I was choosing
  • you were choosing
  • he/she was choosing
  • we were choosing
  • you were choosing
  • they were choosing
Past Perfect
  • I had chosen
  • you had chosen
  • he/she had chosen
  • we had chosen
  • you had chosen
  • they had chosen
Future
  • I will choose
  • you will choose
  • he/she will choose
  • we will choose
  • you will choose
  • they will choose
Future Perfect
  • I will have chosen
  • you will have chosen
  • he/she will have chosen
  • we will have chosen
  • you will have chosen
  • they will have chosen
Future Continuous
  • I will be choosing
  • you will be choosing
  • he/she will be choosing
  • we will be choosing
  • you will be choosing
  • they will be choosing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been choosing
  • you have been choosing
  • he/she has been choosing
  • we have been choosing
  • you have been choosing
  • they have been choosing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been choosing
  • you will have been choosing
  • he/she will have been choosing
  • we will have been choosing
  • you will have been choosing
  • they will have been choosing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been choosing
  • you had been choosing
  • he/she had been choosing
  • we had been choosing
  • you had been choosing
  • they had been choosing
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