Averiguando

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Artrella

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Hey, people a new blank in my brain! How do I say this in English:

"Mi marido está averiguando precios para volar a Ohio?" El tema acá es "averiguando", how do I say "he is asking / consulting "??? I don't like it... any options?


Thanks Good Night, ARt :) :confused: :p
 
    • I also agree with Jonathan's "checking out" reply. "Looking into" I also like, but since it sounds a bit more formal, I would use it on a different occasion!
     
    máxima_estrella said:
    I also agree with Jonathan's "checking out" reply. "Looking into" I also like, but since it sounds a bit more formal, I would use it on a different occasion!
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    Artrella, I agree that "checking out" is all you need here. Though, not because of "informal" vs. "formal" reasons.

    Out of curiosity:

    Saying "looking into it" really demands that much form from you, Maxella?

    "Let's look into getting a computer we can use for classes." (A bit formal? Ummh, I don't know about that.)
     
    Okay, you got me with the "Let's" example...but just to play devil's advocate, I would still argue that "check out" is an expression that is fine in normal (and informal) speech, sounds very US (and therefore familiar!) to me, but that in a formal setting you would use looking into (as in, maybe, an email to a colleague you don't know at work: "My assistant is looking into airfares..." ("checking out" seems a bit too casual for me in this last example.

    But when you put "let's" in front, it makes "look into" seem more natural and widely used. So I guess, after all this chatter, what I mean to say is that it's more a question of where "check out" sounds appropriate, because "look into" sounds pretty good everywhere.

    Thanks for the heads up, Chaucer, I need to be more clear on which of the two expressions is more versatile in tone!
     
    Or I am trying to find out, or finding out, or looking into, todas ellas estan correctas, efectivamente es solo tratar de ver la manera como lo quieres decir. Saludos,
     
    Thank you people!!!! You know I have forgotten this question!!! And now I find all these answers!! Thank you, thank you for your help!!


    Art :) :p ;)

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