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selección

selection, choice

noun seh-lek-SYOHN Common

Also means

national team

Usage Note

Selección doubles as both 'selection/choice' and the national sports team — la selección española de fútbol is 'the Spanish national football team'. This sporting usage is so common that in a sports context la selección alone is understood as the national side. The verb is seleccionar.

Examples

"La selección ganó el partido."

Natural Translation

The national team won the match.

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