seleciona

Seleciona is a conjugated form of the Portuguese verb selecionar, meaning to choose or to select. In standard Portuguese, it is the third-person singular present indicative form (ele/ela/você seleciona). It can also appear as the informal second-person singular imperative in some varieties of European Portuguese.

The verb selecionar derives from Latin selectus, meaning 'chosen', through the development of related nouns such as seleção. The noun forms differ by Portuguese variety: seleção is common in Brazilian Portuguese, while selecção is used in European Portuguese.

Usage examples include: Ele seleciona os dados. A seleção brasileira é a equipe nacional de futebol, frequentemente simplesmente chamada a seleção. In computing and user interfaces, "seleciona" appears in prompts and commands for selecting items.

Related terms include selecionar (to select), seleção (or selecção) and selecionado (selected).