selecto

Latin

Participle

sēlēctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēlēctus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

selecto (feminine selecta, masculine plural selectos, feminine plural selectas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of seleto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Etymology 2

Verb

selecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of selectar

Further reading

• “selecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sēlēctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈleɡto/ [seˈleɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: se‧lec‧to

Adjective

selecto (feminine selecta, masculine plural selectos, feminine plural selectas)

1. select, exquisite

Related terms

• selección
• seleccionar

Further reading

• “selecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025