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How do you answer Como eres?

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nothing

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updated Nov 8, 2011
posted by ally9123

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That would be in English: What are you like?

How are you? fine, thanks.

What are you like? I am tall, unbearable...etcraspberry

updated Nov 8, 2011
posted by 00494d19
Oh Heidita, you're hardly unbearable! - Elena_Delgada, Oct 26, 2011
tall ...well yes, maybe ! Unbearable? No - FELIZ77, Nov 8, 2011
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It does not mean How are you

1) ¿Cómo es? - What is he/she like? (to describe personality traits) You are being asked to describe him/her
2) ¿Cómo eres? - What are you like? or What do you look like? (to describe physical appearance). When somebody asks you this question, they are asking you to describe yourself.

By itself, ¿Cómo eres?" is ambiguous. ¿Cómo eres físicamente? clears up the ambiguity, and is asking you, "What are you like physically?", not "how are you physically?", which makes no sense. Cómo in this context does not mean how but is more akin to what + ser (is, was, are).

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by Jack-OBrien
Excellent answer! - NickDan, Oct 26, 2011
Thanks. - Jack-OBrien, Oct 26, 2011
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It means "how are you?" - as a person.

Responses could be:

  • Soy introvertido(a)
  • Soy extrovertido(a)
  • Soy feliz
  • Soy serio(a)
  • etc. etc. etc.
updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by NickDan
Nice answer Nick. - Yeser007, Oct 26, 2011
Thanks. - NickDan, Oct 26, 2011
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There is a video on youtube ( sorry I don't know how to link it) It is called ¿Comó eres? I think it will help .Just a silly song but it applies. Simple animation ,you will know it when you see it . Be careful, listening to it more than once will lead to memorization.

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by heliotropeman
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Soy alto, mido 1.80, peso 80 kg, uso bigote, soy moreno, etc...

Soy simpático, honesto, considerado, modesto, inteligente, extrovertido, bla, bla, bla...

updated Nov 8, 2011
posted by LuisCache
good job - Rey_Mysterio, Nov 7, 2011
Hola Luis ¿Qué tal estás amigo? :) lol @ bla bla bla jajajaja saludos amigo:) - FELIZ77, Nov 7, 2011
Hola, Feliz, muy bien, y tú cómo estás? jajajaja. - LuisCache, Nov 7, 2011
how do you say bla, bla, bla in English? - LuisCache, Nov 7, 2011
Muy bien gracias amigo Luis Saludos :) - FELIZ77, Nov 8, 2011
blah blah blah is the most common way :) - FELIZ77, Nov 8, 2011
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¿Cómo eres?

It means what are you like? What kind of person are you?

You would respond by describing yourself:

for example: I am tall, athletic friendly and kind.

= Soy alta, atlética, amistosa y amable.

(If you were a man you would substitute the letter o for the a eg altO or amistosO)

This description can include both physical characteristics and personality traits.

Note for those learning English: What are you like? Can be said as a question but it is often said rhetorically ( ie: not requiring an answer ) as an exclamation. ''What are you like!'' in response to a person behaving in a certain way that can cause a humerous reponse from the person's friends eg Someone has just lost their keys again and a friend responds ''You've lost your keys again? What are you like!''

I hope this helps grin

updated Nov 8, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
Qué tal tu viaje a España? - LuisCache, Nov 7, 2011
Mi viaje fue muy bueno y disfruté mucho mis vacaciónes en España, Muchas gracias Luis Saludos:) - FELIZ77, Nov 8, 2011
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It depends...

If it is a question, then all of the previous answers qualify, but if it a statement, then it is like a reproach.

Ah! They way you are/Is this the way things are going to be? etc...

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by chileno
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oops, too tired to think tonight

updated Nov 7, 2011
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
Nope. - jeezzle, Oct 26, 2011
Como eres, how are you physically etc.... your way of being..... - jeezzle, Oct 26, 2011
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You start by describing what you look like

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by Rey_Mysterio
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You are mistaking "¿cómo eres?" with "¿cómo estás?". If someone ask me ¿Como eres?, I would say, I am tall, well built, 170 pounds, end people say that i am very attractive! wink

updated Oct 26, 2011
edited by farallon7
posted by farallon7
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thx!

updated Nov 7, 2011
posted by ally9123
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I usually would answer" He estado bien, y tú?"

updated Oct 26, 2011
posted by Dany67
That would make no sense if you are answering the question ¿Cómo eres?. If you were answering ¿Cómo has estado? it would make sense. - Jack-OBrien, Oct 26, 2011