{"id":4413,"date":"2026-06-29T13:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/what-does-quedar-mean-in-spanish-meanings-and-examples\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:54:44","slug":"what-does-quedar-mean-in-spanish-meanings-and-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/what-does-quedar-mean-in-spanish-meanings-and-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"What does quedar mean in Spanish? Meanings and examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The meaning of quedar<\/em> in Spanish depends greatly on the words around it. You can use it to arrange a meeting, talk about what remains, say where a place is or describe a result. Rather than looking for a single translation, notice the subject and the complement used with the verb.<\/p>\n\n

Quedar con alguien: arranging to meet someone<\/h2>\n\n

He quedado con Marta a las seis<\/em> means I have arranged to meet Marta at six. To suggest a plan, say \u00bfQuedamos el s\u00e1bado?<\/em> (Shall we meet on Saturday?). You can add a place and time: Quedamos delante del mercado a las once<\/em> (Let’s meet in front of the market at eleven). In this use, the person is normally introduced by con<\/em> (with).<\/p>\n\n

Quedar: remaining or still being available<\/h2>\n\n

Me qued\u00e9 en casa<\/em> means I stayed at home. Quedan dos entradas<\/em> means two tickets are still available. Me quedan tres p\u00e1ginas por leer<\/em> means I have three pages left to read. Notice how sentence structure changes the meaning and determines what acts as the subject.<\/p>\n\n

Quedar bien o mal: result, appearance or impression<\/h2>\n\n

La salsa qued\u00f3 espesa<\/em> describes how the sauce turned out. Esta chaqueta te queda bien<\/em> describes how a jacket fits or suits you. Qued\u00f3 mal con sus compa\u00f1eros<\/em> may mean someone made a poor impression or failed to keep a commitment. The surrounding words offer different clues in each case.<\/p>\n\n

Quedar en algo: reaching an agreement<\/h2>\n\n

Quedamos en llamarnos el viernes<\/em> expresses an agreement to call each other on Friday. This construction is often followed by an infinitive. Practise it with real situations: who will call, when you will send a file or where you will meet.<\/p>\n\n

Context exercise<\/h2>\n\n

Write four sentences with quedar<\/em>: one with con<\/em>, one about something left over, one describing a result and one expressing an agreement. Then cover your sentences and explain each situation without using the verb; this checks whether you have linked each use to its meaning.<\/p>\n\n

Quedar and quedarse: pay attention to the pronoun<\/h2>\n\n

The pronoun can change the meaning: Quedamos con Ana a las seis<\/em> means we arranged to meet Ana; Nos quedamos en casa<\/em> means we stayed home. Also compare Queda comida<\/em> (There is food left) with Me quedo con esta opci\u00f3n<\/em> (I’ll choose this option). Write down the pronoun, preposition and subject alongside each example. These clues are often more useful than looking for a single translation of the verb.<\/p>\n\n

Expand your vocabulary through conversation in our Spanish courses<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover how quedar changes meaning in Spanish: meeting someone, staying, what remains, appearances and agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-languages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4415,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions\/4415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivelalengua.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}