Using cómo de + adjective/adverb to ask about the degree or extent of a specific quality

In Spanish, when we ask about the degree or extent of a specific quality of something/someone, we often ask using this structure:

Have a look at these examples:

As you can see this is used when asking directly or indirectly.

Note that cómo needs a written accent.

Sometimes, especially when the verb is either ser or estar, we place the verb between cómo and de, for example:

See also these other structures to talk about quantities:

• Using Cuánto + verb in exclamations about quantities in Spanish
• Using cuánto + noun to ask how much/how many in Spanish (interrogative adjective)
• Using qué de + noun in exclamations about quantities
• Using Qué poco/s + verb/noun to express surprise about a small quantity or infrequency
• Using [verb] + tan + [adjective/adverb] + que to say "so... that..."
• Using [verb] + tanto/a/os/as + [noun]+ que = [verb] so much/many...that...