quedarse
Spanish, verb[keˈð̞aɾse]
quedarse is spelled Q-U-E-D-A-R-S-E (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quedarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of quedar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Permanecer o estar durante algún tiempo en un lugar”.
What does quedarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of quedar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Permanecer o estar durante algún tiempo en un lugar. 2. Retener o tomar la posesión o responsabilidad sobre algo o alguien. 3. Reducir el viento o el mar su fuerza, disminuir su intensidad. 4. En el juego de billar, dejar fácil una bola para el contrincante.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quedarse
- haberse quedado impersonal infinitive
- quedándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose quedado impersonal gerund
- quedado impersonal participle
- me quedo first-person singular indicative
- te quedas second-person singular indicative
- te quedás second-person singular vos-form
- se queda third-person singular indicative
- nos quedamos first-person plural indicative
- os quedáis second-person plural indicative
- se quedan third-person plural indicative
- me quedaba first-person singular indicative
- te quedabas second-person singular indicative
- se quedaba third-person singular indicative
- nos quedábamos first-person plural indicative
- os quedabais second-person plural indicative
- se quedaban third-person plural indicative
- me quedé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quedarse?
- [keˈð̞aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quedarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quedarse in Spanish?
quedarse appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).