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cómo se dice

verbBeginner

What does “cómo se dice” mean in English?

  1. how do you say

Example sentences

  • ¿Cómo se dice 'window' en español?

    How do you say 'window' in Spanish?

  • ¿Cómo se dice esto?

    How do you say this?

  • —¿Cómo se dice book? —Libro.

    —How do you say book? —Libro.

How to use it

¿Cómo se dice...? means 'how do you say...?'. Uses the impersonal se with the verb decir. Common pattern: ¿cómo se dice [English word] en español?.

Common mistake

Don't say '¿cómo dices?' (which means 'what did you say?'). Use the impersonal '¿cómo se dice?' for asking how to say something.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 26.