How to Say ‘Choose a language’ in Mexican Spanish
Escoja un idioma
ehs-KOH-hah oon ee-DYOH-mah
[ehs-KOH-hah oon ee-DYOH-mah]
💬 Usage Tip: Polite instructions to usted flip the verb's vowel: escoger becomes escoja, and tomar becomes tome. The g changes to j to keep the same sound.
Phrase Breakdown
Escoja
[ehs-KOH-hah]
choose
Formal command (usted) of escoger, to choose.
Escoja una opción.
Choose an option.
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
idioma
[ee-DYOH-mah]
language
Masculine noun for a language.
El español es un idioma bonito.
Spanish is a beautiful language.
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