alternative choice

[/ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv tʃɔɪs/]

nounpl: alternative choices

escolha alternativa

1. One of two or more available options that can be chosen instead of another

If you don't like the main menu option, there is an alternative choice available.

Se você não gostar da opção do menu principal, há uma escolha alternativa disponível.

2. A different or secondary option presented as a possibility

The company offered an alternative choice for employees who couldn't attend the main event.

A empresa ofereceu uma escolha alternativa para funcionários que não pudessem comparecer ao evento principal.

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General Brazilian

escolha alternativa

Standard usage in Brazilian Portuguese

São Paulo

opção alternativa

Common in business contexts

Rio de Janeiro

escolha alternativa

Widely used in everyday speech

Portugal

escolha alternativa

Standard European Portuguese equivalent

have no alternative choice

left with no alternative choice

provide an alternative choice

weigh alternative choices

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