How to conjugate Quedarse in Spanish
To stay Regular AR Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Quedarse
- Quedarse in the Indicative Present
- Quedarse in the Indicative Preterite
- Quedarse in the Indicative Imperfect
- Quedarse in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Quedarse in the Indicative Informal Future
- Quedarse in the Indicative Future
- Quedarse in the Indicative Conditional
- Quedarse in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Quedarse in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Quedarse in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Quedarse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Quedarse
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Present
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Imperfect
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Future
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
- Quedarse in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
- Imperative tenses of Quedarse
- Quedarse in the Imperative Affirmative
- Quedarse in the Imperative Negative
- Practice Quedarse conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Quedarse is the Spanish verb for "to stay". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to quedarse include: permanecer.
Spanish | English | |
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Infinitive | quedarse | to stay |
Past participle | quedado | stayed |
Gerund | quedando | staying |

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Indicative Tenses of Quedarse
Quedarse in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of quedarse is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "me quedo", meaning "I stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedo | I stay |
Tú | te quedas | you stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se queda | s/he stay, you (formal) stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedamos | we stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedáis | you (plural) stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedan | they stay, you (plural formal) stay |
Quedarse in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of quedarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "me quedé", meaning "I stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedé | I stayed |
Tú | te quedaste | you stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedó | s/he stayed, you (formal) stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedamos | we stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedasteis | you (plural) stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedaron | they stayed, you (plural formal) stayed |
Quedarse in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of quedarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "me quedaba", meaning "I used to stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedaba | I used to stay |
Tú | te quedabas | you used to stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedaba | s/he used to stay, you (formal) used to stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedábamos | we used to stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedabais | you (plural) used to stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedaban | they used to stay, you (plural formal) used to stay |
Quedarse in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of quedarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuosly or right now. For example, "me estoy quedando", meaning "I am staying".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me estoy quedando | I am staying |
Tú | te estás quedando | you are staying |
Ella / Él / Usted | se está quedando | s/he is staying, you (formal) are staying |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos quedando | we are staying |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis quedando | you (plural) are staying |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están quedando | they are staying, you (plural formal) are staying |
Quedarse in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of quedarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "me voy a quedar", meaning "I am going to stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me voy a quedar | I am going to stay |
Tú | te vas a quedar | you are going to stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se va a quedar | s/he is going to stay, you (formal) are going to stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a quedar | we are going to stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a quedar | you (plural) are going to stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a quedar | they are going to stay, you (plural formal) are going to stay |
Quedarse in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of quedarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "me quedaré", meaning "I will stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedaré | I will stay |
Tú | te quedarás | you will stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedará | s/he will stay, you (formal) will stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedaremos | we will stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedaréis | you (plural) will stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedarán | they will stay, you (plural formal) will stay |
Quedarse in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of quedarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "me quedaría", meaning "I would stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedaría | I would stay |
Tú | te quedarías | you would stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedaría | s/he would stay, you (formal) would stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedaríamos | we would stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedaríais | you (plural) would stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedarían | they would stay, you (plural formal) would stay |
Quedarse in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of quedarse is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "me he quedado", meaning "I have stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me he quedado | I have stayed |
Tú | te has quedado | you have stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se ha quedado | s/he has stayed, you (formal) have stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos quedado | we have stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis quedado | you (plural) have stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han quedado | they have stayed, you (plural formal) have stayed |
Quedarse in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of quedarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "me había quedado", meaning "I had stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me había quedado | I had stayed |
Tú | te habías quedado | you had stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se había quedado | s/he had stayed, you (formal) had stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos quedado | we had stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais quedado | you (plural) had stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían quedado | they had stayed, you (plural formal) had stayed |
Quedarse in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of quedarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "me habré quedado", meaning "I will have stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me habré quedado | I will have stayed |
Tú | te habrás quedado | you will have stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá quedado | s/he will have stayed, you (formal) will have stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos quedado | we will have stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis quedado | you (plural) will have stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán quedado | they will have stayed, you (plural formal) will have stayed |
Quedarse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of quedarse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the future but didn’t due to another action. For example, "me habría quedado", meaning "I would have stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me habría quedado | I would have stayed |
Tú | te habrías quedado | you would have stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se habría quedado | s/he would have stayed, you (formal) would have stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos quedado | we would have stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais quedado | you (plural) would have stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían quedado | they would have stayed, you (plural formal) would have stayed |

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Subjunctive Tenses of Quedarse
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "me quede", meaning "I stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quede | I stay |
Tú | te quedes | you stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quede | s/he stay, you (formal) stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedemos | we stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedéis | you (plural) stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se queden | they stay, you (plural formal) stay |
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "me quedara", meaning "I stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedara | I stayed |
Tú | te quedaras | you stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedara | s/he stayed, you (formal) stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedáramos | we stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedarais | you (plural) stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedaran | they stayed, you (plural formal) stayed |
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "me quedare", meaning "I will stay".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me quedare | I will stay |
Tú | te quedares | you will stay |
Ella / Él / Usted | se quedare | s/he will stay, you (formal) will stay |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos quedáremos | we will stay |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os quedareis | you (plural) will stay |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se quedaren | they will stay, you (plural formal) will stay |
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "me haya quedado", meaning "I have stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me haya quedado | I have stayed |
Tú | te hayas quedado | you have stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se haya quedado | s/he has stayed, you (formal) have stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos quedado | we have stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis quedado | you (plural) have stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan quedado | they have stayed, you (plural formal) have stayed |
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "me hubiera quedado", meaning "I had stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me hubiera quedado | I had stayed |
Tú | te hubieras quedado | you had stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera quedado | s/he had stayed, you (formal) had stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos quedado | we had stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais quedado | you (plural) had stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran quedado | they had stayed, you (plural formal) had stayed |
Quedarse in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "me hubiere quedado", meaning "I will have stayed".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me hubiere quedado | I will have stayed |
Tú | te hubieres quedado | you will have stayed |
Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere quedado | s/he will have stayed, you (formal) will have stayed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos quedado | we will have stayed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis quedado | you (plural) will have stayed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren quedado | they will have stayed, you (plural formal) will have stayed |

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Imperative Tenses of Quedarse
Quedarse in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "quédese", meaning "(to you formal) stay!".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | quédate | (to you) stay! |
Ella / Él / Usted | quédese | (to you formal) stay! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | quedémonos | let's stay! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | quedaos | (to you plural) stay! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | quédense | (to you plural formal) stay! |
Quedarse in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no se quede", meaning "(to you formal) don't stay!".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | no te quedes | (to you) don't stay! |
Ella / Él / Usted | no se quede | (to you formal) don't stay! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos quedemos | let's not stay! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | no os quedéis | (to you plural) don't stay! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se queden | (to you plural formal) don't stay! |
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