Spanish word

quedar

Pronunciation

IPA/keˈðaɾ/

Meaning

  • verbremain

Example

Después de la fiesta, quedaron solo tres personas.

After the party, only three people remained.

Illustration for quedar (remain)

More examples

Al terminar la cena, quedaron unos platos por lavar.

When dinner ended, some dishes remained to be washed.

Core concept

A lone chair left in an emptied room.

Common phrases

  • quedar solo

    remain alone

  • quedar pendiente

    remain pending

  • quedar abierto

    remain open

Similar words

quedarse: Stay in one place and not move away or change location.
sobrar: Be left over after needs are met; exist in excess.
seguir: Keep going with an activity or maintain the same state.
faltar: Be absent or fall short of the needed quantity or item.

Definition in Spanish

Permanecer o resultar en cierto estado tras un cambio; también usarse para acordar una cita, indicar ubicación o expresar que algo sienta bien.

Word origin

It derives from medieval Romance and has a core meaning 'to be left' or 'to remain' that extends to uses for arranging meetings, indicating location, and describing how something fits.

Usage tips

  • Quedar contrasts with quedarse: quedar reports what is left or an arranged meeting, while quedarse stresses staying in place, and clothing fit uses an indirect object such as me queda bien.

Other meanings

  • meetverb
  • arrange to meetverb
  • be locatedverb
  • fitverb

Opposites

  • irseleaveverb
  • salirgo outverb

Related words

  • quedadameet-upnoun
  • quedadoremainingadjective

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