Quedar = to remain..... in every aspect

Question

Queda mucho tiempo is "It remains much time" = "Much time remains" = "There is still a lot of time left" is that right? I am looking for help with this great song. link text As far as I can tell quedar always means remains even when it means to be, queda cerca de aqui (it remains close to here = it's close to here) Gracias por escucharme amigos.

Answer 1

Hi Jeezle.

Quedar has so many meanings that I suggest looking it up in several dictionaries for examples of its use.

queda cerca de aqui (it remains close to here)

This means more like "it's located close to here."

Other examples,

Vamos a quedarnos a las cinco (We are going to meet up at five).

Queda como un idiota. (He ended up looking stupid).

Voy a quedarme por cuatro semanas. (I'm going to stay for four weeks, e.g., on vacation, etc.).

Answer 2

La escuché la canción y en mi opinión es mejor traducirlo por "plenty of time is left". Eso las suena mejor a mis orejas en inglés. : )

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I listened to the song and in my opinion it is better translated as "plenty of time is left". That sounds better to my ears in English. : )

No need to translate your responses into English for me, McDavis. Where do you get plenty from? Queda mucho tiempo seems like "Much time remains" gracias. - jeezzle, May 9, 2010

How wierd, It said -1 and when I voted it said 0. Why is that I wonder? What is going on? - jeezzle, May 9, 2010

I do it in case of any mistakes made in my Spanish. You have the translation right, I might of misunderstood what you were asking for. I thought you were wanting a better sounding translation. "Much time remains" doesn't sound right in English, but - mcdavis99, May 9, 2010

that is the literal translation from Spanish. - mcdavis99, May 9, 2010

Just curious, I want to know all forms of what everything means, thank you for helping me out. Gracias. - jeezzle, May 9, 2010