Quedar conjugation chart
Quedar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I stay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you stay | |
| vos | you stay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she stays | |
| nosotros | we stay | |
| vosotros | you all stay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they stay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I stayed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you stayed | |
| vos | you stayed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she stayed | |
| nosotros | we stayed | |
| vosotros | you all stayed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they stayed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to stay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to stay | |
| vos | you used to stay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to stay | |
| nosotros | we used to stay | |
| vosotros | you all used to stay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to stay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will stay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will stay | |
| vos | you will stay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will stay | |
| nosotros | we will stay | |
| vosotros | you all will stay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will stay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would stay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would stay | |
| vos | you would stay | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would stay | |
| nosotros | we would stay | |
| vosotros | you all would stay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would stay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I stay | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you stay | |
| vos | that you stay | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she stay | |
| nosotros | that we stay | |
| vosotros | that you all stay | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they stay |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Quedar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I stayed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you stayed | |
| vos | if you stayed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she stayed | |
| nosotros | if we stayed | |
| vosotros | if you all stayed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they stayed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (quedase), more common in writing.
Quedar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | stay! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | stay! | |
| usted | stay! | |
| nosotros | let's stay! | |
| vosotros | stay! | |
| ustedes | stay! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: queda. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (quede, quedemos, queden).
Quedar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't stay! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't stay! | |
| usted | don't stay! | |
| nosotros | let's not stay! | |
| vosotros | don't stay! | |
| ustedes | don't stay! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + quedes, quede…
Always the verb haber + the past participle quedado, which never changes.
Quedar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he quedado |
|---|---|
| tú | has quedado |
| vos | has quedado |
| él, ella, usted | ha quedado |
| nosotros | hemos quedado |
| vosotros | habéis quedado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han quedado |
Quedar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había quedado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías quedado |
| vos | habías quedado |
| él, ella, usted | había quedado |
| nosotros | habíamos quedado |
| vosotros | habíais quedado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían quedado |
Quedar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré quedado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás quedado |
| vos | habrás quedado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá quedado |
| nosotros | habremos quedado |
| vosotros | habréis quedado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán quedado |
Quedar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría quedado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías quedado |
| vos | habrías quedado |
| él, ella, usted | habría quedado |
| nosotros | habríamos quedado |
| vosotros | habríais quedado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían quedado |
Quedar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya quedado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas quedado |
| vos | hayas quedado |
| él, ella, usted | haya quedado |
| nosotros | hayamos quedado |
| vosotros | hayáis quedado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan quedado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Quedar means to arrange to meet (quedamos a las ocho) or to look good or bad on you (me queda bien). To stay somewhere is quedarse: me quedo en casa.
Examples with quedar
Quedamos a las ocho.
We'll meet at eight.
Hoy me quedo en casa.
I'm staying home today.
Ese color te queda muy bien.
That color looks really good on you.
Practice quedar
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