Question: what does it mean when someone asks you como eres?
Answer: 1) ¿Cómo es? - What is he/she like? ( to describe personality traits) You are being asked to describe him/her. 2) ¿Cómo eres? - What are you like? or What do you look like? (to describe physical appearance). When somebody asks you this question, they are asking you to describe yourself.