Usage examples of "Cómo es" in Spanish with translation to English

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Cuéntame cómo es el caballero. Tell me what the gentleman is like.
Todos me preguntan cómo es ser daltónico. Everyone asks me what it's like to be colour-blind.
Uno se pregunta cómo es posible. One wonders how it's possible.
Tom no sabe cómo es Mary. Tom doesn't know what Mary is like.
La mejor forma de saber cómo es un país es ir y verlo con tus propios ojos. The best way to know what a country is like is to go and see it with your own eyes.
Ella pregunta cómo es posible eso. She's asking how that's possible.
No somos demasiado jóvenes para decir cómo es el amor. We are not too young to tell what love is like.
Me has abierto los ojos a cómo es cuando todo está bien. You opened up my eyes to what it's like, when everything is right.
Tú sabes cómo es. You know how it is.
Dime cómo es ese hombre. Tell me what that man is like.
¿Cómo se dice "gracias" en japonés? How do you say "Thank you" in Japanese?
El gobierno japonés no sabe cómo manejar el problema. The Japanese government doesn't know how to handle the problem.
Por favor, ¿cómo puedo llegar al centro? Please, how can I get to the center?
Tom sabe cómo manejar una carretilla elevadora. Tom can operate a forklift.
El año pasado pasé tanto tiempo solo que casi se me olvidó cómo comunicarme de una manera eficaz con los otros. Last year, I spent so much time by myself that I almost forgot how to communicate effectively with others.
¿Cómo anda tu resfriado? How's your cold?
¿Cómo se dice XXX en holandés? How do you say XXX in Dutch?
Una mujer escribió 30 libros sobre cómo ser feliz, y entonces se suicidó. A woman wrote 30 books about how to become happy, and then committed suicide.
¿Cómo te enteraste de esa noticia? How did you learn about that news?
¿Cómo puedo servirle? May I help you?
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