Spanish verb QUEDAR – Episode 010

Spanish verb QUEDAR – How do you use it?

Podcast episode 10 – SEE ALL EPISODES

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Today, we’ve got a question from Paul, one of my newsletter subscribers.

Paul wants to know: ‘How do you interpret the word QUEDAR? I have come across this word in many different guises.’

And Paul is right. The verb ‘quedar’ has several meanings.

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If you it look up ‘quedar’ in the dictionary, you’ll get:

• Remain or be left
• Be located
• Arrange to meet
• Suit or fit

And then there are dozens of expressions with this verb.

Today, I’m going to focus on the 4 main uses of the verb ‘quedar’.

Spanish verb QUEDAR – To remain, to be left

The first meaning is: ‘To remain or to be left’.

And here are two good examples:

And the second example is:

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Spanish verb QUEDAR – To be located

The second main meaning of the verb ‘quedar’ is: to be located

Here are two good examples:

The second example is:

That’s to express where something is located.

Spanish verb QUEDAR – To arrange to meet

The third main meaning of the verb ‘quedar’ is: to arrange to meet.

So, for example, we could say:

And another example is:

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Spanish verb QUEDAR – To suit, to fit

The fourth main meaning of the verb ‘quedar’ is: to suit or to fit.

For example, we could say:

And we could also say:

Let’s recap the verb QUEDAR

The Spanish verb ‘quedar’ has four main meanings. And then it can be used in plenty of different expressions, proverbs, and set phrases.

But, here, we’re concentrating on those four meanings. Which are:

• Remain or be left
• Be located
• Arrange to meet
• Suit or fit

The examples for ‘to remain or to be left’ are:

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The second meaning, ‘to be located’, has the examples:

The third meaning, ‘to arrange to meet’, has the examples:

The fourth and last meaning of the verb ‘quedar’ is: ‘to suit or to fit’. The examples I gave you are:

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