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com'era

what was … like?, as it was

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phrase Common #6,717
what was … like? A contraction of “come era,” used to ask for a description of something in the past.
IT: Com'era il film?
EN: What was the movie like?

Com'era, arbitro?

How was it, ref?

— Lagaan: C'era una volta in India (2001)

Com'era Atami?

What was Atami like?

— Viaggio a Tokyo (1953)

Com'era il mio accento?

How was my accent?

— Atlantis - L'impero perduto (2001)

Com'era l'acqua oggi?

What was the water like today?

— Departures (2008)

Com'era la festa di Natale?

How was the Christmas party?

Com'era la parata?

What was the parade like?

— Una giornata particolare (1977)

Com'era la torta?

How was the cake?

Com'era per te, Walter?

What was it like for you, Walter?

— Effetto notte (1973)

Com'era tuo marito?

What was your husband like?

— Tampopo (1985)

Com'era?

What was it like?

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Ricordi, com'era il tempo quel giorno?

Do you remember what the weather was like that day?

— Lo specchio (1975)

Com'era bella la nostra DDR!

How beautiful our GDR was!

— Le vite degli altri (2006)

Sai com'era.

You know what it was like.

— Una di famiglia (2025)

Com'era il suo aspetto?

What did he/she look like?

— Memorie di un assassino (2003)

Com'era l'esercito?

What was the army like?

— Brother (1997)

Com'era la guerra?

What was the war like?

— The Brutalist (2024)

Com'era la spiaggia?

What was the beach like?

Fatemi sapere com'era vestito, va bene?

Let me know what he was wearing, okay?

— Un giorno di ordinaria follia (1993)

Com'era la vostra città natale?

What was your hometown like?

Com'era quel tizio?

What was that guy like?

— Un giorno di ordinaria follia (1993)

Com'era, Herman?

What was Herman like?

— Rushmore (1998)

Sinceramente, com'era?

Honestly, what was it like?

— Lussuria - Seduzione e tradimento (2007)

Com'era il cibo?

How was the food?

— Viaggio a Tokyo (1953)

Tom voleva sapere com'era.

Tom wanted to know what it was like.

Com'era il tuo pranzo?

How was your lunch?

Com'era la chiesa?

What was the church like?

Com'era la loro comunicazione?

What was their communication like?

— Anatomia di una caduta (2023)

Com'era la superficie terrestre?

What was the Earth's surface like?

— L'uomo che venne dalla Terra (2007)

Lei com'era?

What was she like?

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

Oh, com'era?

Oh, what was it like?

— TÁR (2022)

Com'era lo schiaffo?

What was the slap like?

— Rushmore (1998)

Com'era, lassù?

What was it like up there?

— Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)

Com'era Johanna ieri?

What was Johanna like yesterday?

— TÁR (2022)

Dimmi com'era la festa.

Tell me what the party was like.

Com'era il settimo paio?

What were the seventh pair like?

— I diabolici (1955)

Com'era l'anello?

What was the ring like?

— I visitatori (1993)

Com'era la festa di Tom?

How was Tom's party?

Com'era la riunione?

How was the meeting?

Com'era la tua vita in URSS?

What was your life like in the USSR?

— Salyut 7 - La storia di un'impresa (2017)

Com'era possibile che tu fossi al corrente degli esperimenti..

How was it possible that you knew about the experiments?..

— L'ultimo imperatore (1987)

Com'era vestita Ana?

What was Ana wearing?

— Y tu mamá también - Anche tua madre (2001)

Com'era il balletto?

How was the ballet?

Com'era il suono?

What did it sound like?

— Blow Out (1981)

Com'era la bistecca?

How was the steak?

Com'era la lezione?

How was the lesson?

Com'era la strada?

What was the road like?

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Ma lui, lui com'era?

But what was he like?

— Il gattopardo (1963)

Tu sai com'era.

You know what he/she was like.

— Manon delle sorgenti (1986)

Com'era laggiù per la seconda macchina?

What was it like down there for the second car?

— Effetto notte (1973)

Com'era questo fidanzato?

What was this boyfriend like?

— L'organo genocida (2017)

phrase Uncommon #11,811
as it was The apostrophe marks the elision in “come era.”
IT: Lascia tutto com'era.
EN: Leave everything as it was.

So com'era Tom.

I know what Tom was like.

Vedi com'era moderna?

See how modern it was?

— Volver - Tornare (2006)

Non voglio tornare a com'era prima della Toscana.

I don’t want to go back to how things were before Tuscany.

— People we meet on vacation - Un amore in vacanza (2026)

Avevo quasi dimenticato com'era.

I had almost forgotten what it was like.

— Together (2025)

Io so com'era Tom.

I know what Tom was like.

Guarda com'era elegante!

Look how elegant he/she was!

— La spina del diavolo (2001)

Lei non è bella com'era prima.

She isn’t as beautiful as she used to be.

La stanza deve tornare com'era quando l'ha lasciata.

The room must be returned to the way it was when he left it.

— Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)

Volevamo arrivare dritti a San Francisco, ma non ci piaceva com'era il cielo.

We wanted to head straight to San Francisco, but we didn’t like the way the sky looked.

— Psyco (1960)

Rimetti il braccio com'era.

Put your arm back the way it was.

— Titanic (1997)

Povero com'era, non è potuto andare al college.

Being poor, he couldn't go to college.

Mi racconta spesso di com'era fantastico il sesso con lei.

He often tells me about how amazing the sex with her was.

Lasciò la finestra così com'era, aperta.

He left the window as it was, open.

Si ricorda com'era lento Internet?

Do you remember how slow the Internet was?

Lui ha lasciato la finestra così com'era, aperta.

He left the window as it was, open.

Ho quasi dimenticato com'era.

I almost forgot what it was like.

— Eddington (2025)

Io lo so com'era Tom.

I know what Tom was like.

Ecco, lasciami correggere proprio com'era.

Here, let me correct it exactly as it was.

— पीके (2014)

Bambino com'era, lui era coraggioso.

As a child, he was brave.

Com'era stabilito.

As agreed.

— È arrivata mia figlia! (2015)

Ho visto com'era felice.

I saw how happy he was.

Era triste mettere via tutto, quindi l'ho lasciata com'era.

It was sad to put everything away, so I left it as it was.

— Quando c'era Marnie (2014)

Lei si ricorda com'era lento Internet?

Do you remember how slow the Internet was?

Come poteva il mondo tornare com'era, dopo che erano successe tante cose brutte.

How could the world go back to the way it was after so many terrible things had happened?

— Il Signore degli Anelli - Le due torri (2002)

Riportare tutto com'era prima, con mani umane.

Restore everything to how it was before, with human hands.

— Suzume (2022)

Me lo ricordo io com'era.

I remember what it was like.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Non t'immagini com'era emozionante!

You can't imagine how exciting it was!

— Parla con lei (2002)

Stia tranquilla, qui è rimasto tutto com'era.

Don't worry, everything here has stayed just as it was.

— La vita va così (2025)