This one’s a colloquial (and
VERY Mexican) way of asking for someone’s opinion.
And it’s also a
GREAT way to sound native! Woohoo! 🎊
It means something like:
👉
What do you think? (but informal Mexa)
Just don’t use it in other Spanish-speaking countries, as it literally means
How do you see? and may be understood as such!!
Here’s how
Félix the underground rapper (at approx. 07:19) uses it when talking about how much he was paid for road construction work:
Yo me acuerdo que me daban 900 pesos a la semana, ¿tú cómo ves?I remember they paid me 900 pesos a week. What do you reckon?
And here’s another example from
Adán the Mariachi (at approx. 02:33):
Oye, ¿cómo ves? Este, ¿tienes tiempo para al ratito?Hey, what do you think? Um, are you free later?
💡You might also hear
¿Cómo la ves?, especially when someone’s just dropped some juicy gossip!