¿Cómo está la cosa?
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “¿Cómo está la cosa?” mean?
how are things?
Example
“¿Cómo está la cosa por La Habana?”
How are things in Havana?
Good to know
The answer is often "ahí, en la lucha": getting by.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: ¿Cómo van las cosas?
More from Cuba
- ¿Qué bolá?What's up?
- hermabro (from "hermano")
- ¡Dímelo!hey, what's up? (lit. "tell me!")
- ¿Qué hay de bueno?what's new? what's good?
- chao, pescaobye-bye (rhyming, playful)
- ¿Qué tú haces?what are you up to? (Caribbean word order)
- te veosee you
- mi vidadear, love (to anyone, even strangers)
Songs from Cuba
- Bailando · Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
- Chan Chan · Buena Vista Social ClubLevel A2
- La Gozadera · Gente de Zona, Marc AnthonyLevel A2
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