Check and check out

[ROBINDESBOIS]

What' s the difference between check , check out and check upon ?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

What' s the difference between check , check out and check upon ?

BrE: To check means revisar, controlar. To check out means to have left (a hotel) having paid the bill. Check upon does not exist. To check up means confirmar.

The problem is that AmE is different.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

BrE: To check means revisar, controlar. To check out means to have left (a hotel) having paid the bill. Check upon does not exist. To check up means confirmar.

The problem is that AmE is different.

So you (BrE) don't use "check it out"?

[Rusty]

Check this package to make sure it contains everything. (averiguar, revisar, investigar)
Check out my latest blog. Check out my new skateboard. (echar un vistazo, ver)
Which book would you like to check out first? (leer, revisar)
"Which book will you be checking out today?" the librarian inquired. (sacar)

He checked out. (morirse, estirar la pata)

Also, check out = marcharse (de hotel), pagar (pasar por la caja)

He checked out the child to make sure he had no bruises from the incident. (examinar)

He checked on the child to make sure he was asleep. (asegurarse, enterarse, averiguar)
He checked up on the child to make sure he wasn't doing anything illegal. (investigar)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Great , thanks !
I see that check and check out overlap sometimes, especially when they mean revisar.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by chileno

So you (BrE) don't use "check it out"?

NO WE DON'T

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

NO WE DON'T

Got it. You just check it!

[poli]

To check something out in contemporary calloquial American English means to try something or to pay special attention to.

[Sancho Panther]

"Check in" at the airport is "Facturar".

[JPablo]

And if you say "check" playing chess means "jaque al rey".

If you say it at a restaurant, "Check!", to a waiter, you ask for "la cuenta"...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by JPablo

And if you say "check" playing chess means "jaque al rey".

If you say it at a restaurant, "Check!", to a waiter, you ask for "la cuenta"...

And at a bank?

[poli]

Other examples: I need to check in on my mom who said she wasn't feeling too well.

She wore a really short dress, but felt uncomfortable later when she noticed some creepy looking guys checking her out.

The drug dealer in the park repeated "check it out" to anyone he saw as a potential customer.

Please check your messages before you leave.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by JPablo

If you say it at a restaurant, "Check!", to a waiter, you ask for "la cuenta"...

Not in the UK, where you ask for the bill.

Originally Posted by chileno

And at a bank?

There, in the UK, you might pay in a cheque. (Does anybody do that these days?)

[ROBINDESBOIS]

In a restaurant I doubt it. Maybe in a voucher.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Not in the UK, where you ask for the bill.

In the US too, I mean both ways.

Originally Posted by Perikles

There, in the UK, you might pay in a cheque. (Does anybody do that these days?)

Interesting! How do you pronounce that?

[wrholt]

Originally Posted by Perikles

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There, in the UK, you might pay in a cheque. (Does anybody do that these days?)

Originally Posted by chileno

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Interesting! How do you pronounce that?

"Cheque" and "check" have the same pronunciation: US English favors the spelling "check". It's the same type of situation as with other spelling-difference pairs such as gaol/jail and draught/draft.