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cómo
how
Used to ask about or express the way something happens.
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
Cómo means how and describes the manner in which something happens.
cómo
how (in what way)
When you want to know how something is, or how it happens.
¿Cómo estás?How are you?
No sé cómo lo hizoI don't know how he did it
why, how come
When you ask how something happened, you're essentially asking why it happened.
¿Cómo es que no viniste a la fiesta?Why didn't you come to the party?
¿Cómo no me dijiste nada?How come you didn't tell me anything?
how (exclamation)
When the way something is done catches your attention, you react to it by pointing it out.
¡Cómo baila esa chica!How that girl dances!
¡Cómo llueve hoy!How it's raining today!
what?, sorry?, come again?
Literally asking 'how?' in response to something.
Renuncié a mi trabajo hoy. — ¿Cómo?I quit my job today. — What? (how is that possible?)
¿Cómo? No te oigo bienSorry? I can't hear you well (how did you say that?)