quedarse — meaning in English

English meaning

• linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.

Senses

quedarse is used for these senses in English:

• linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
• remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
• sit out (ambitransitive) To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.

linger — full definition

1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.

remain — full definition

1. verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
2. verb To be left over after everything else has been used, removed, or dealt with.

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