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quedar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • end up phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
  • fit adj Physically healthy and in good shape.
  • meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
  • suit noun A matching jacket and trousers (or skirt) worn together as formal or business clothing.

Senses

quedar is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]
  • come off To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
  • end up (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
  • fit (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
  • meet up (intransitive) To come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location.
  • remain (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
  • stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
  • stay (transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

end up — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
  2. phrasal verb Followed by an -ing verb: to do something eventually, after other things happened first.

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