Decision making: Upper-intermediate Spanish vocabulary

7 Spanish words about decision making at upper-intermediate level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• alternativanounalternative, option — another possibility or course of action; often with rhetorical force in policy debate
• priorizarverbto prioritise, to rank
• descartarverbto rule out, to dismiss
• seleccionarverbto select, to choose
• valorar pros y contrasverbto weigh up the pros and cons
• sopesarverbto weigh up
• opciónnounoption, choice — one of a set of alternatives available