quedan

Quedan is the present tense form used with the third-person plural subject (ellos/ellas/ustedes) of the Spanish verb quedar. Quedar has several core meanings, most prominently to stay or to remain in a place, and to be left or remaining in time or quantity.

The main uses of quedan are to indicate what remains or is left. For example, Quedan dos días para la entrega means two days are left until the deadline, and Quedan tres entradas disponibles means three tickets are available left. This impersonal or quantitative use is common when talking about time, inventory, or remaining portions.

Quedar also appears in a number of idiomatic constructions. In non-reflexive uses, quedar can express suitability or appearance: Este vestido te queda bien means this dress suits you well. The related reflexive form quedarse can indicate staying or becoming in a different sense, such as quedarse en casa (to stay at home) or quedarse corto (to fall short). Another common usage is quedar en + infinitive to express an agreement or plan, as in Quedamos en ir al cine, meaning we agreed to go to the cinema. Additionally, quedar can appear in other tense forms to describe past arrangements or outcomes, such as quedó, quedaron, etc.

Quedan is a high-frequency form in Spanish and is used across dialects to convey remainder, left-over quantities, or agreement, making it a fundamental component of everyday communication.