escolhe

Escolhe is a form of the Portuguese verb escolher, meaning to choose or to select. It is the present indicative form for the third-person singular (ele/ela) and, in Brazilian Portuguese, also corresponds to the form used with the pronoun você. Thus, ele escolhe means “he chooses,” and você escolhe means “you choose” in Brazilian usage.

Conjugation in the present tense varies by variety of Portuguese. In European Portuguese the standard forms are: eu escolho, tu escolhes, ele/ela escolhe, nós escolhemos, vós escolheis, eles/elas escolhem. In Brazilian Portuguese, the present tense commonly used with você is: eu escolho, você escolhe, nós escolhemos, vocês escolhem. The stem is the same, with differences mainly in the second-person forms and pronoun usage.

The noun escolha exists, meaning “a choice” or “an option,” and is closely related to the verb. The related idea of selecting or deciding is conveyed through phrases such as escolher entre (to choose between) or escolher um item (to choose an item).

Usage notes: Escolher is a versatile verb used across formal and informal contexts, from everyday decisions to more formal selections. Especificamente, escolhe appears in present-tense statements about current choices made by a subject, whether ele/ela or você, depending on dialect and pronoun.