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English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- chlorydric, chocolate, choice, choir, choke, choking, cholera, choleric, cholesterol, choose, choosy, chop, choppy, chord, chore, choreograph, choreographer, choreography, chorus


choose


- transitive verb
- escoller

EN I thought of dreadful things, between which it was difficult to choose; and so must you have done.
GL Pensei en cousas terribles, entre as que era difícil escoller; e o mesmo che debeu pasar a ti.
- Fonte: BES (493)
- decidir

EN Come, Aleck, don't delay any longer, don't keep up the suspense: take the whole lay-out, and leave the girls to choose!
GL Veña, Aleck, non o adíes xa máis, non podemos manter esta incerteza, acéptao dunha vez, ¡e deixa que sexan as rapazas as que decidan!
- Fonte: LEG (542)
- elixir

EN When the time comes to hand out loans or choose companies that will receive funds, the Dutch bank applies very strict standards.
GL Ademais, á hora de outorgar créditos ou elixi-las compañías destinatarias dos seus fondos, o banco neerlandés aplica certas normas moi estrictas.
- Fonte: C21 (1046)
- optar

EN Some jobless young people have got tired of waiting for the peace dividend and are choosing to go abroad or make easy money by joining gangs of bandits and smugglers who roam the country.
GL Cansados de espera-los dividendos da paz, algúns mozos desocupados optan polo exilio ou polo diñeiro gañado sen esforzo. Súmanse ás redes de bandidos e contrabandistas que sucan o país.
- Fonte: C10 (356)
- escolmar

EN Given the limited resources at the disposal of foreign legal assistance programmes, it makes sense to choose projects strategically.
GL Como os programas dispoñen de recursos limitados, é razoable escolma-los proxectos con criterio estratéxico.
- Fonte: C32 (105)