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electo

elected

adjective eh-LEHK-toh Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: From Latin electus, past participle of eligere (to choose).

Also means

president-elect (attributive)

Usage Note

Electo is a formal adjective used only after a noun to mean 'chosen but not yet inaugurated': presidente electo, gobernador electo. It is not used predicatively (el presidente es electo is wrong; use elegido instead). The distinction between electo (chosen, awaiting inauguration) and elegido (chosen, general sense) is important in political reporting.

Examples

"El presidente electo dará su primer discurso mañana."

Natural Translation

The president-elect will give his first speech tomorrow.

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