What does quedar mean in English?

Quedar means "to stay/remain" in English.

How do you conjugate quedar in Spanish?

Quedar is conjugated across all Spanish tenses including present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive, and more. Each tense has specific conjugations for yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros, and ellos/ustedes. You can see complete conjugation tables with audio pronunciations on this page.

What are common idiomatic expressions with quedar?

Common idiomatic expressions using quedar include: "quedar en" (to agree to / to arrange to), "quedarse con" (to keep / to take), "quedar bien/mal" (to make a good/bad impression / to fit well/poorly). These expressions are frequently used in everyday Spanish conversation.

What should I know about using quedar?

Quedar is a regular -ar verb with multiple meanings

How do you use quedar in a sentence?

Example: "Quedo con mis amigos el sábado." which means "I'm meeting my friends on Saturday." in English.

What are synonyms for quedar?

Spanish synonyms for quedar include: permanecer, restar. The exact synonym to use depends on the context and specific meaning intended.

Quedar

to stay/remain

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

quedar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

quedando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

quedado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedo I stay/remain	I stay/remain
tú	quedas you stay/remain	you stay/remain
él/ella/usted	queda he/she/you stay/remains	he/she/you stay/remains
nosotros	quedamos we stay/remain	we stay/remain
vosotros	quedáis you all stay/remain	you all stay/remain
ellos/ustedes	quedan they/you all stay/remain	they/you all stay/remain

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedaba I used to stay/remain	I used to stay/remain
tú	quedabas you used to stay/remain	you used to stay/remain
él/ella/usted	quedaba he/she/you used to stay/remain	he/she/you used to stay/remain
nosotros	quedábamos we used to stay/remain	we used to stay/remain
vosotros	quedabais you all used to stay/remain	you all used to stay/remain
ellos/ustedes	quedaban they/you all used to stay/remain	they/you all used to stay/remain

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedé I stay/remained	I stay/remained
tú	quedaste you stay/remained	you stay/remained
él/ella/usted	quedó he/she/you stay/remained	he/she/you stay/remained
nosotros	quedamos we stay/remained	we stay/remained
vosotros	quedasteis you all stay/remained	you all stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	quedaron they/you all stay/remained	they/you all stay/remained

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedaré I will stay/remain	I will stay/remain
tú	quedarás you will stay/remain	you will stay/remain
él/ella/usted	quedará he/she/you will stay/remain	he/she/you will stay/remain
nosotros	quedaremos we will stay/remain	we will stay/remain
vosotros	quedaréis you all will stay/remain	you all will stay/remain
ellos/ustedes	quedarán they/you all will stay/remain	they/you all will stay/remain

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedaría I would stay/remain	I would stay/remain
tú	quedarías you would stay/remain	you would stay/remain
él/ella/usted	quedaría he/she/you would stay/remain	he/she/you would stay/remain
nosotros	quedaríamos we would stay/remain	we would stay/remain
vosotros	quedaríais you all would stay/remain	you all would stay/remain
ellos/ustedes	quedarían they/you all would stay/remain	they/you all would stay/remain

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quede that I stay/remain	that I stay/remain
tú	quedes that you stay/remain	that you stay/remain
él/ella/usted	quede that he/she/you stay/remain	that he/she/you stay/remain
nosotros	quedemos that we stay/remain	that we stay/remain
vosotros	quedéis that you all stay/remain	that you all stay/remain
ellos/ustedes	queden that they/you all stay/remain	that they/you all stay/remain

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	quedara or quedase that I stay/remained	that I stay/remained
tú	quedaras or quedases that you stay/remained	that you stay/remained
él/ella/usted	quedara or quedase that he/she/you stay/remained	that he/she/you stay/remained
nosotros	quedáramos or quedásemos that we stay/remained	that we stay/remained
vosotros	quedarais or quedaseis that you all stay/remained	that you all stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	quedaran or quedasen that they/you all stay/remained	that they/you all stay/remained

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he quedado I have stay/remained	I have stay/remained
tú	has quedado you have stay/remained	you have stay/remained
él/ella/usted	ha quedado he/she/you have stay/remained	he/she/you have stay/remained
nosotros	hemos quedado we have stay/remained	we have stay/remained
vosotros	habéis quedado you all have stay/remained	you all have stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	han quedado they/you all have stay/remained	they/you all have stay/remained

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había quedado I had stay/remained	I had stay/remained
tú	habías quedado you had stay/remained	you had stay/remained
él/ella/usted	había quedado he/she/you had stay/remained	he/she/you had stay/remained
nosotros	habíamos quedado we had stay/remained	we had stay/remained
vosotros	habíais quedado you all had stay/remained	you all had stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	habían quedado they/you all had stay/remained	they/you all had stay/remained

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube quedado I had stay/remained	I had stay/remained
tú	hubiste quedado you had stay/remained	you had stay/remained
él/ella/usted	hubo quedado he/she/you had stay/remained	he/she/you had stay/remained
nosotros	hubimos quedado we had stay/remained	we had stay/remained
vosotros	hubisteis quedado you all had stay/remained	you all had stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	hubieron quedado they/you all had stay/remained	they/you all had stay/remained

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré quedado I will have stay/remained	I will have stay/remained
tú	habrás quedado you will have stay/remained	you will have stay/remained
él/ella/usted	habrá quedado he/she/you will have stay/remained	he/she/you will have stay/remained
nosotros	habremos quedado we will have stay/remained	we will have stay/remained
vosotros	habréis quedado you all will have stay/remained	you all will have stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	habrán quedado they/you all will have stay/remained	they/you all will have stay/remained

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría quedado I would have stay/remained	I would have stay/remained
tú	habrías quedado you would have stay/remained	you would have stay/remained
él/ella/usted	habría quedado he/she/you would have stay/remained	he/she/you would have stay/remained
nosotros	habríamos quedado we would have stay/remained	we would have stay/remained
vosotros	habríais quedado you all would have stay/remained	you all would have stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	habrían quedado they/you all would have stay/remained	they/you all would have stay/remained

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya quedado that I have stay/remained	that I have stay/remained
tú	hayas quedado that you have stay/remained	that you have stay/remained
él/ella/usted	haya quedado that he/she/you have stay/remained	that he/she/you have stay/remained
nosotros	hayamos quedado that we have stay/remained	that we have stay/remained
vosotros	hayáis quedado that you all have stay/remained	that you all have stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	hayan quedado that they/you all have stay/remained	that they/you all have stay/remained

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera quedado that I had stay/remained	that I had stay/remained
tú	hubieras quedado that you had stay/remained	that you had stay/remained
él/ella/usted	hubiera quedado that he/she/you had stay/remained	that he/she/you had stay/remained
nosotros	hubiéramos quedado that we had stay/remained	that we had stay/remained
vosotros	hubierais quedado that you all had stay/remained	that you all had stay/remained
ellos/ustedes	hubieran quedado that they/you all had stay/remained	that they/you all had stay/remained

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	queda	stay/remain! (you)
usted	quede	stay/remain! (you formal)
nosotros	quedemos	let's stay/remain!
vosotros	quedad	stay/remain! (you all)
ustedes	queden	stay/remain! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no quedes	don't stay/remain! (you)
usted	no quede	don't stay/remain! (you formal)
nosotros	no quedemos	let's not stay/remain!
vosotros	no quedéis	don't stay/remain! (you all)
ustedes	no queden	don't stay/remain! (you all)

More About "quedar"

Idiomatic Expressions

quedar en

to agree to / to arrange to

💡 Making plans or agreements

quedarse con

to keep / to take

💡 Deciding to retain something

quedar bien/mal

to make a good/bad impression / to fit well/poorly

💡 Describing appearance or social impression

quedarse en blanco

to draw a blank / to go blank

💡 Forgetting something suddenly

quedarse corto

to fall short / to underestimate

💡 Not being enough or accurate

Examples in Context

Quedo con mis amigos el sábado.

I'm meeting my friends on Saturday.

Present

Me quedé en casa todo el día.

I stayed home all day.

Preterite

¿Cuánto dinero te queda?

How much money do you have left?

Present

Esta camisa me queda bien.

This shirt fits me well.

Present

Nos quedaremos aquí una semana.

We will stay here for a week.

Future

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

permanecer(to remain, stay)

More formal

restar(to remain, be left)

Specifically for quantities remaining

Antonyms:

irse(to leave, go away)

marcharse(to leave)

Usage Notes

•Quedar is a regular -ar verb with multiple meanings
•Can mean: to stay, to remain, to be left, to arrange to meet, to fit
•Reflexive "quedarse" emphasizes staying or remaining
•Often used for making social plans: quedar con alguien (to meet up with someone)
•Used to describe how clothing fits: quedar bien/mal
•Can express what remains: me quedan dos euros (I have two euros left)
•Very versatile in everyday conversation
•Context is crucial for determining specific meaning

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