seleção
See also: seleçaõ
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- seleçaõ (obsolete, used up to the 19th century)
- selecçaõ (obsolete, used up to the 19th century)
- selecção (pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiōnem (“selection”), from sēlēctus (“selected”), past participle of sēligō (“to select; to cull”).
The sense “national team” is from the idea that a national team is formed by a selection of a country’s best sportsmen.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: se‧le‧ção
Noun edit
seleção f (plural seleções)
- selection (the process or act of selecting)
- Synonym: escolha
- A seleção de animais para o abate.
- The selection of animals for slaughter.
- selection (the elements which are chosen in a selection)
- Vou ler uma seleção de livros.
- I will read a selection of books.
- (sports) a sports team that represents a region or organisation, such as a national sports team
- A seleção italiana de futebol venceu o torneio quatro vezes.
- The Italian national football team won tournament four times.
- (sports, colloquial, by extension) a sports team that is considered the best; dream team
- (evolutionary theory) 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.