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Written by Maria Fernandez

'Quedar' is one of those verbs that can mean many different things depending on the context. In the Lesson 17 dialog of my Spanish for Beginners course you can hear the sentence:

Lo siento, no nos queda zumo de naranja

I'm sorry, we don't have any orange juice left

Here it means 'to have something left'. This is a very common use of the verb 'quedar' and one that we'll often come across throughout this course.

'Quedar' is a regular verb that follows the pattern detailed in the Lesson 16 grammar movie. Before we look into other uses, let's see the six forms of the verb 'quedar' in the present. This is what they look and sound like. Click on them to hear them said by native speakers:

quedo   quedas   queda   quedamos   quedáis   quedan

Another context in which the verb 'quedar' is often used is when talking about arranging to meet up with people. Here's an example:

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