Quedar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

quedar — to stay — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Spanish. Quedar means to stay, to remain, to be left, and to meet up: quedarse en casa, quedan dos entradas, quedamos a las ocho. It is regular, but its meanings multiply — location of things (¿dónde queda?), meetings, and results (quedar bien). Context decides which sense you hear. On this page you will find quedar in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself.

Example sentences with quedar

In the present tense

  • “Yo quedo en casa esta noche.” — “I am staying at home tonight.”
  • “Ella queda con sus amigas después de clase.” — “She meets her friends after class.”
  • “Nosotros quedamos a las ocho en la plaza.” — “We meet at eight in the square.”
  • “Les quedan pocos días de vacaciones.” — “They have few days of holiday left.”
  • “¿Tú quedas conmigo en el café?” — “Will you meet me at the café?”
  • “Vosotros quedáis en el hotel hasta el lunes.” — “You are staying at the hotel until Monday.”

In the preterite

  • “Ayer yo quedé en casa todo el día.” — “Yesterday I stayed at home all day.”
  • “Ella quedó con su abuela el fin de semana.” — “She stayed with her grandmother at the weekend.”
  • “Nosotros quedamos en encontrarnos a las siete.” — “We agreed to meet at seven.”
  • “Ellos quedaron sin entradas para el concierto.” — “They were left without tickets for the concert.”
  • “¿Tú quedaste satisfecho con el resultado?” — “Were you satisfied with the result?”
  • “El hotel quedó lejos del centro.” — “The hotel turned out to be far from the centre.”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present perfect — the four tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “De niño, yo quedaba en casa en el hotel.” — “As a child, I used to stay at home at the hotel.”
  • “Mañana, yo quedaré en casa en el hotel.” — “Tomorrow, I will stay at home at the hotel.”
  • “Si pudiera, yo quedaría en casa en el hotel.” — “If I could, I would stay at home at the hotel.”
  • “Yo he quedado en casa en el hotel.” — “I have stayed at home at the hotel.”

Quedar in context

Cada día, yo quedo en casa en el hotel. Mi amigo también queda en casa en el hotel cuando tiene tiempo. Después, yo quedo en casa de nuevo por la tarde. Es una parte normal de mi rutina, y por eso el presente de quedar es la primera forma que conviene aprender.

Ayer, yo quedé en casa en el hotel. Mi amigo quedó en casa en el hotel también, y por la noche yo quedé en casa otra vez. Fue un día normal, pero es justo en días así cuando el pretérito de quedar aparece una y otra vez: una acción terminada, un momento concreto, y la historia sigue.

Common mistakes with quedar

Mistake 1

Wrong: Yo quedo en casa — learners confuse quedar with estar.

Right: Yo quedo en casa.

Quedarse means to stay deliberately; estar en casa is simply to be at home.

Mistake 2

Wrong: ¿Dónde queda el museo? — learners use estar.

Right: ¿Dónde queda el museo?

The location of a place or building takes quedar, not estar.

Quiz: quedar in everyday use

Ten questions on quedar across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.

1. What is the yo form of quedar in the present tense?

  • A) quedo
  • B) quedas
  • C) queda
  • D) quedamos

Answer: A — The yo form in the present tense is quedo.

2. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of quedar in the present tense?

  • A) quedo
  • B) quedas
  • C) quedamos
  • D) queda

Answer: D — The él/ella/Ud. form in the present tense is queda.

3. What is the yo form of quedar in the preterite?

  • A) quedó
  • B) quedamos
  • C) quedé
  • D) quedaste

Answer: C — The yo form in the preterite is quedé.

4. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of quedar in the preterite?

  • A) quedó
  • B) quedaron
  • C) quedé
  • D) quedaste

Answer: B — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the preterite is quedaron.

5. What is the yo form of quedar in the imperfect?

  • A) quedaba
  • B) quedabas
  • C) quedaba
  • D) quedábamos

Answer: A — The yo form in the imperfect is quedaba.

6. What is the tú form of quedar in the future?

  • A) quedaré
  • B) quedará
  • C) quedaremos
  • D) quedarás

Answer: D — The tú form in the future is quedarás.

7. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of quedar in the conditional?

  • A) quedarías
  • B) quedaríamos
  • C) quedaría
  • D) quedaría

Answer: C — The él/ella/Ud. form in the conditional is quedaría.

8. What is the nosotros/as form of quedar in the present perfect?

  • A) ha quedado
  • B) hemos quedado
  • C) he quedado
  • D) has quedado

Answer: B — The nosotros/as form in the present perfect is hemos quedado.

9. Fill in the blank: “Yo ___ en casa esta noche.” (I am staying at home tonight.)

  • A) quedo
  • B) quedas
  • C) queda
  • D) quedamos

Answer: A — The sentence needs quedo.

10. Which sentence is correct?

  • A) Yo quedo en casa.
  • B) Yo quedo en casa — learners confuse quedar with estar.

Answer: A — Quedarse means to stay deliberately; estar en casa is simply to be at home.

Frequently asked questions

What does quedar mean?

quedar means “to stay” in English. Quedar means to stay, to remain, to be left, and to meet up: quedarse en casa, quedan dos entradas, quedamos a las ocho. It is regular, but its meanings multiply — location of things (¿dónde queda?), meetings, and results (quedar bien). Context decides which sense you hear.

Is quedar regular?

Yes. quedar is a regular -ar verb, so its forms follow the standard endings in every tense. That makes it a good verb to learn early — once you know the endings, you know the verb.

When do I use quedar in the past — preterite or imperfect?

Use the preterite — quedé, quedaste, quedó — for a finished action at a specific moment, and the imperfect — quedaba, quedabas, quedaba — for what was happening, what used to happen, or the background. The same rule applies to quedar as to every Spanish verb; the tense changes the meaning, not the verb.

How can I practise quedar?

Start with the examples above, say them aloud, then take the quiz on this page. For more practice, use the Spanish Verb Quiz and the Quedar Conjugator, and read the full conjugation page for quedar to see the verb in every tense.

Say it yourself

Reading is not enough — say the verb aloud before you move on. Use the forms from the tables on this page and answer these three prompts as full sentences. First, say a sentence about yourself in the present tense: “Yo quedo…”. Second, say a sentence about yesterday in the preterite: “Ayer yo quedé…”. Third, say a sentence about tomorrow in the future: “Mañana yo quedaré…”. If you can answer all three without looking at the tables, the forms are starting to stick. If you hesitate, go back to the examples above, read them aloud twice, and try again. Speaking the forms is what turns a table you have seen into a verb you can use.

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