Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Quedar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to remain / to meet”.
Below are all of the conjugations for quedar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to remain / to meet |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | quedar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está quedando) and past continuous (estaba quedando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. remaining).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he quedado and hubiera quedado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have remained).
| Gerundio / Gerund | quedando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | quedado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I remain” or “they remain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | quedo |
| Tú | quedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | queda |
| Nosotros / as | quedamos |
| Vosotros / as | quedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedan |
| Vos | quedás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I remained” or “she remained” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | quedé | I remained |
| Tú | quedaste | You remained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedó | He / she / you remained |
| Nosotros / as | quedamos | We remained |
| Vosotros / as | quedasteis | You remained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedaron | They / you remained |
| Vos | quedaste | You remained |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was remaining” or “she was remaining” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | quedaba | I was remaining |
| Tú | quedabas | You were remaining |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedaba | He was / she was / you were remaining |
| Nosotros / as | quedábamos | We were remaining |
| Vosotros / as | quedabais | You were remaining |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedaban | They / you were remaining |
| Vos | quedabas | You were remaining |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have remained” and “she has remained”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he quedado | I have remained |
| Tú | has quedado | You have remained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha quedado | He has / she has / you have remained |
| Nosotros / as | hemos quedado | We have remained |
| Vosotros / as | habéis quedado | You have remained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han quedado | They / you have remained |
| Vos | has quedado | You have remained |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would remain” or “she would remain”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | quedaría | I would remain |
| Tú | quedarías | You would remain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedaría | He / she / you would remain |
| Nosotros / as | quedaríamos | We would remain |
| Vosotros / as | quedaríais | You would remain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedarían | They / you would remain |
| Vos | quedarías | You would remain |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will remain” or “they will remain”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a quedar” means “They are going to remain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | quedaré | I will remain |
| Tú | quedarás | You will remain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedará | He / she / you will remain |
| Nosotros / as | quedaremos | We will remain |
| Vosotros / as | quedaréis | You will remain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedarán | They / you will remain |
| Vos | quedarás | You will remain |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | quede |
| Tú | quedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quede |
| Nosotros / as | quedemos |
| Vosotros / as | quedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | queden |
| Vos | quedes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | quedara | quedase |
| Tú | quedaras | quedase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedara | quedase |
| Nosotros / as | quedáramos | quedásemos |
| Vosotros / as | quedarais | quedaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedaran | quedasen |
| Vos | quedaras | quedase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | quedare |
| Tú | quedares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quedare |
| Nosotros / as | quedáremos |
| Vosotros / as | quedareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | quedaren |
| Vos | quedares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “remain!” and “don’t remain!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | queda | no quedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | quede | no quede |
| Nosotros / as | quedemos | no quedemos |
| Vosotros / as | quedad | no quedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | queden | no queden |
| Vos | quedá | no quedes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya quedado |
| Tú | hayas quedado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya quedado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos quedado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis quedado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan quedado |
| Vos | hayas quedado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera quedado / hubiese quedado |
| Tú | hubieras quedado / hubieses quedado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera quedado / hubiese quedado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos quedado / hubiésemos quedado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais quedado / hubieseis quedado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran quedado / hubiesen quedado |
| Vos | hubieras quedado / hubieses quedado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere quedado |
| Tú | hubieres quedado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere quedado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos quedado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis quedado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren quedado |
| Vos | hubieres quedado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté quedando |
| Tú | estés quedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté quedando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos quedando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis quedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén quedando |
| Vos | estés quedando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera quedando / estuviese quedando |
| Tú | estuvieras quedando / estuvieses quedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera quedando / estuviese quedando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos quedando / estuviésamos quedando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais quedando / estuvieseis quedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera quedando / estuviese quedando |
| Vos | estuvieras quedando / estuvieses quedando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere quedando |
| Tú | estuvieres quedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere quedando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos quedando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis quedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere quedando |
| Vos | estuvieres quedando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos quedás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos quedaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos quedabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos quedarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos quedarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos quedes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos quedaras / Vos quedase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos quedá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no quedes |
