Quedarse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Quedarse in Spanish

Quedarse means “to stay,” “to remain,” “to keep something,” or “to end up in a state.” You will learn its regular pronominal -AR conjugation and key result-state patterns.

Quedarse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Quedarse is pronominal and uses regular -AR verbal morphology. RAE records the staying sense and quedarse con algo; Ella Verbs confirms the fully regular pronominal paradigm.

Quedarse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The pronominal infinitive keeps se. The gerund can carry an attached clitic, and compound non-finite forms combine the clitic with haber. The participle quedado remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	quedarse	to stay / remain / keep
Gerund	quedándose	staying / remaining / keeping
Past participle	quedado	stayed / remained / kept
Compound infinitive	haberse quedado	to have stayed / remained / kept
Compound gerund	habiéndose quedado	having stayed / remained / kept

Quedarse meaning and essential uses

RAE allows pronominal use for remaining or staying in a place and explicitly records quedarse con algo for something passing into one’s possession.

Everyday Spanish also uses result-state patterns such as quedarse sorprendido, deprivation quedarse sin, and location quedarse en + place.

Quedarse conjugation pattern and pronoun placement

Quedarse follows regular -AR verbal morphology. Add the matching clitic before finite forms: me quedo, te quedaste, se quedará, nos quedemos.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic: quédate, quédese, quedémonos, quedaos, quédense. Negative commands use no te quedes / no os quedéis.

Quedarse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Quedarse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedo	I stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedas	you stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se queda	he / she stays / remains / keeps; you stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedamos	we stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedáis	you stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedan	they stay / remain / keep; you stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Me quedo en casa esta noche. — I am staying home tonight.

Quedarse preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedé	I stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedaste	you stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedó	he / she stayed / remained / kept; you stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedamos	we stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedasteis	you stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedaron	they stayed / remained / kept; you stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Ayer me quedé en la oficina hasta tarde. — Yesterday I stayed at the office until late.

Quedarse imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedaba	I used to stay / remain / keep / was staying / remaining / keeping
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedabas	you used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedaba	he / she used to stay / remain / keep / was staying / remaining / keeping; you used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedábamos	we used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedabais	you used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedaban	they used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping; you used to stay / remain / keep / were staying / remaining / keeping (plural)

• Antes nos quedábamos aquí cada verano. — We used to stay here every summer.

Quedarse present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. The main table places the clitic before estar. Enclisis is also standard: estoy quedándome.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me estoy quedando	I am staying / remaining / keeping
Tú — you, singular informal	te estás quedando	you are staying / remaining / keeping
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se está quedando	he / she is staying / remaining / keeping; you are staying / remaining / keeping (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos estamos quedando	we are staying / remaining / keeping
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os estáis quedando	you are staying / remaining / keeping (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se están quedando	they are staying / remaining / keeping; you are staying / remaining / keeping (plural)

• Me estoy quedando en un hotel cerca del centro. — I am staying at a hotel near downtown.

Quedarse near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. The main table places the clitic before ir. Attaching it to the infinitive is also standard: voy a quedarme.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me voy a quedar	I am going to stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te vas a quedar	you are going to stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se va a quedar	he / she is going to stay / remain / keep; you are going to stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos vamos a quedar	we are going to stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os vais a quedar	you are going to stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se van a quedar	they are going to stay / remain / keep; you are going to stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Me voy a quedar con estos libros. — I am going to keep these books.

Quedarse future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedaré	I will stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedarás	you will stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedará	he / she will stay / remain / keep; you will stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedaremos	we will stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedaréis	you will stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedarán	they will stay / remain / keep; you will stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Nos quedaremos en Madrid tres días. — We will stay in Madrid for three days.

Quedarse conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedaría	I would stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedarías	you would stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedaría	he / she would stay / remain / keep; you would stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedaríamos	we would stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedaríais	you would stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedarían	they would stay / remain / keep; you would stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Me quedaría aquí si pudiera. — I would stay here if I could.

Quedarse present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me he quedado	I have stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te has quedado	you have stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se ha quedado	he / she has stayed / remained / kept; you have stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hemos quedado	we have stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habéis quedado	you have stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se han quedado	they have stayed / remained / kept; you have stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Me he quedado sin batería. — I have run out of battery.

Quedarse past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me había quedado	I had stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te habías quedado	you had stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se había quedado	he / she had stayed / remained / kept; you had stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habíamos quedado	we had stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habíais quedado	you had stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habían quedado	they had stayed / remained / kept; you had stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Ya nos habíamos quedado solos. — We had already been left alone.

Quedarse future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habré quedado	I will have stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrás quedado	you will have stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habrá quedado	he / she will have stayed / remained / kept; you will have stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habremos quedado	we will have stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habréis quedado	you will have stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrán quedado	they will have stayed / remained / kept; you will have stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Para entonces se habrán quedado pocos invitados. — By then few guests will have remained.

Quedarse conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habría quedado	I would have stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrías quedado	you would have stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habría quedado	he / she would have stayed / remained / kept; you would have stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habríamos quedado	we would have stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habríais quedado	you would have stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrían quedado	they would have stayed / remained / kept; you would have stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Me habría quedado más tiempo. — I would have stayed longer.

Quedarse subjunctive conjugations

Quedarse present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quede	that I stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedes	that you stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quede	that he / she stay / remain / keep; that you stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedemos	that we stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedéis	that you stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se queden	that they stay / remain / keep; that you stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Quiero que te quedes aquí. — I want you to stay here.

Quedarse imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedara	that I stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedaras	that you stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedara	that he / she stayed / remained / kept; that you stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedáramos	that we stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedarais	that you stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedaran	that they stayed / remained / kept; that you stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Preferían que nos quedáramos con ellos. — They preferred that we stay with them.
• Era mejor que te quedases en casa. — It was better for you to stay home.

Quedarse future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me quedare	if / when I should stay / remain / keep
Tú — you, singular informal	te quedares	if / when you should stay / remain / keep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se quedare	if / when he / she should stay / remain / keep; if / when you should stay / remain / keep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos quedáremos	if / when we should stay / remain / keep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os quedareis	if / when you should stay / remain / keep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se quedaren	if / when they should stay / remain / keep; if / when you should stay / remain / keep (plural)

• Quien se quedare con material de la empresa deberá registrarlo. — Whoever should keep company material must register it.

Quedarse present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haya quedado	that I have stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te hayas quedado	that you have stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haya quedado	that he / she has stayed / remained / kept; that you have stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hayamos quedado	that we have stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hayáis quedado	that you have stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hayan quedado	that they have stayed / remained / kept; that you have stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Me alegra que te hayas quedado. — I am glad that you stayed.

Quedarse past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiera quedado	that I had stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieras quedado	that you had stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiera quedado	that he / she had stayed / remained / kept; that you had stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéramos quedado	that we had stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubierais quedado	that you had stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieran quedado	that they had stayed / remained / kept; that you had stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Si me hubiera quedado en casa, habría descansado más. — If I had stayed home, I would have rested more.
• Si te hubieses quedado con el recibo, podríamos revisarlo. — If you had kept the receipt, we could review it.

Quedarse future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant quedado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiere quedado	if / when I should have stayed / remained / kept
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieres quedado	if / when you should have stayed / remained / kept
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiere quedado	if / when he / she should have stayed / remained / kept; if / when you should have stayed / remained / kept (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéremos quedado	if / when we should have stayed / remained / kept
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubiereis quedado	if / when you should have stayed / remained / kept (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieren quedado	if / when they should have stayed / remained / kept; if / when you should have stayed / remained / kept (plural)

• Si se hubieren quedado sin plazas, deberán cerrar la inscripción. — If they should have run out of places, they must close registration.

Quedarse imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Quedarse affirmative commands

Affirmative pronominal commands attach the clitic and recompute stress: quédate, quédese, quedémonos, quedaos, quédense.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	quédate	stay
Usted — you, singular formal	quédese	stay (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	quedémonos	let’s stay
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	quedaos	stay (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	quédense	stay (plural)

• Quédate aquí un momento. — Stay here for a moment.

Quedarse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the person-matched clitic and the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te quedes	do not stay
Usted — you, singular formal	no se quede	do not stay (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos quedemos	let’s not stay
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os quedéis	do not stay (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se queden	do not stay (plural)

• No te quedes sin avisar. — Do not stay without letting us know.

Common constructions with Quedarse

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• quedarse en + place. — to stay in / at a place.
• quedarse con + thing/person. — to keep something or remain with someone.
• quedarse + adjective / participle. — to end up or remain in a state: quedarse sorprendido, dormido, quieto.
• quedarse sin + noun/infinitive. — to be left without / run out of something.
• quedarse a + infinitive. — to stay behind to do something, depending on context.

Example sentences with Quedarse

These examples reinforce useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Me quedo aquí hasta mañana. — I am staying here until tomorrow.
• Se quedó sorprendido por la noticia. — He was left surprised by the news.
• Nos quedamos sin agua. — We ran out of water.
• Espero que te quedes con nosotros. — I hope you stay with us.
• Ya se han quedado con la última copia. — They have already kept the last copy.
• Quédense dentro hasta nuevo aviso. — Stay inside until further notice.

Regional and usage notes for Quedarse

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos te quedás aquí esta noche. — You are staying here tonight. (voseo)
• Quedate aquí un momento. — Stay here for a moment. (affirmative vos command)

Quedarse is fully regular morphologically. Keep the pronominal clitic and learn its most productive patterns: staying somewhere, keeping something, ending up in a state, and quedarse sin.