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cómo

cómo is Spanish for how.

What cómo means

adv. · #341

how

Example: ¿Cómo estás?

How are you?

How common is it?

cómo is ranked #341 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to cómo — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• dónde — where
• cuándo — when
• por qué — why
• cuánto — how much
• cuál — which
• aquí — here

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22