cheque bancario
/t͡ʃeke bankaɾjo/from spelling rules
A bank check in Spanish is cheque bancario.
The phrase refers to a written order instructing a bank to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to another party.
Is it said differently in some regions?
While cheque is the standard term across the Spanish-speaking world, including Spain and most of Latin America, some regions may use cheque specifically for a personal check and use cheque de caja or cheque de gerencia for a certified bank check.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must change to their plural forms: cheques bancarios.
How do you pronounce it?
/tʃeke bankaɾjo/
Did you know?
- The word cheque shares a distant ancestor with the Persian word šāh, meaning 'king', because it traveled through the terminology of chess.
- While English uses 'check' for both a bank document and a tick mark on a list, Spanish uses cheque only for money and marca or visto for the tick mark.
- In certain Latin American contexts, people use the word cheque metaphorically to refer to a 'promise' or a 'guarantee' that might not actually be kept.
Examples in context
- ¿Podría proporcionarme un cheque bancario para el pago?Could you provide me with a bank check for the payment?
- Por favor, necesito un cheque de banco para cerrar la transacción.Please, I need a bank check to close the transaction.
- Te puedo dar un cheque personal en lugar de un cheque bancario.I can give you a personal check instead of a bank check.
- Necesito un cheque bancario para pagar la casa.I need a bank check to pay for the house.
- El cliente entregó un cheque bancario hoy.The client delivered a bank check today.
- ¿Puede emitir un cheque bancario por esta cantidad?Can you issue a bank check for this amount?
Example conversation
Sofía and Mateo are at a bank office.
- SofíaMateo, ¿tienes el cheque bancario para el contrato?Mateo, do you have the bank check for the contract?
- MateoSí, Sofía, lo tengo aquí en mi maletín.Yes, Sofía, I have it here in my briefcase.
- SofíaPerfecto, vamos a la ventanilla ahora.Perfect, let's go to the teller window now.
- MateoMuy bien, vamos allá.Very well, let's go there.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries bancario, cheque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
