How to Say “How Did It Go?” in Spanish

¿cómo te fue?
In Spanish, "how did it go?" is expressed as ¿cómo te fue?
A question used to ask someone about the result or experience of a past event.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase ¿cómo te fue? literally translates to "how did it go to you?", where te is the indirect object pronoun for "you".

Which one should you use?

While ¿cómo te fue? focuses on the person's experience, ¿cómo fue? focuses more on the nature of the event itself.

Is it said differently in some regions?

In Spain, you might hear ¿Qué tal te ha ido? instead of ¿cómo te fue? as an informal alternative.

How does it change in a sentence?

To ask a group of people how an event went, change the pronoun to les to get ¿cómo les fue?

Did you know?

  • The word fue is a rare linguistic overlap where the verbs ir (to go) and ser (to be) share the exact same form, making the phrase's literal meaning technically ambiguous.
  • In some Latin American cultures, people will answer bien to ¿cómo te fue? even if the event was a disaster, as admitting failure or complaining can be seen as socially inappropriate.
  • The word cómo has its roots in the Latin 'cōmō̆', which was considered a more colloquial and non-literary version of the formal 'quōmodo'.

Examples in context

  • ¡Hola, señor García! ¿Cómo le fue en la reunión?
    Hello, Mr. García! How did the meeting go for you?
  • Buenos días, doctora. ¿Cómo estuvo su experiencia en el congreso médico?
    Good morning, doctor. How was your experience at the medical conference?
  • Disculpe, señora Rodríguez. ¿Qué tal le ha ido con su nuevo proyecto?
    Excuse me, Mrs. Rodríguez. How have things been going with your new project?
  • ¡Hola, María! ¿Cómo te fue en el examen de matemáticas?
    Hi, María! How did your math exam go?
  • Amigo, ¿qué tal te ha ido en tu nuevo trabajo?
    Friend, how have things been going for you at your new job?
  • ¿Cómo te fue en la entrevista?
    How did it go in the interview?
  • Sé que tenías una cita, ¿cómo te fue?
    I know you had a date, how did it go?

Example conversation

Daniel returns home after a job interview.

  1. María

    Hola Daniel, ¿cómo te fue?
    Hi Daniel, how did it go?
  2. Daniel

    Creo que me fue muy bien.
    I think it went very well.
  3. María

    ¿Te hicieron muchas preguntas?
    Did they ask you many questions?
  4. Daniel

    Sí, pero respondí todo correctamente.
    Yes, but I answered everything correctly.

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