¿Qué tal quedo?

Question

A woman went to get her dog, which had some work done, and the doctor said ¿Qué tal quedo? and seemed to mean, how does he look? And she said "Está precioso".

Gracias.

Without the tilde on the o, I'd take that to mean how am I doing/looking... - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 1

Because we use it for something like "How is (anything) at last, or after all." for example.

¿Cómo te quedó el vestido? -> how does the dress (that you weaved) look like?

¿Cómo te quedó el libro? -> How does the book (that you wrote) is?

¿Cómo te quedó el peinado? -> How does your new hairstyle look like?

If you have some expresion to say something like that besides my awkward translations, it will be helpful.

¿Qué tal está? is also correct but quedar is used to ask something new that you are going to see, wath, read, etc. - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

Look like Daks - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Oh thanks. :) - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

It's like 'end up' or 'turn out', how is/was it in the end, something like that to my understanding. - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

It looks good or it does look good. In the former you conjugate the verb to look and the latter the verb to do. It does + inf. - It does look good :-) - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Thank you afowen - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

Any time man :-) - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 2

¿Cómo te quedó el vestido?

I thought with clothing quedar was to fit.

Yes also quedar is to fit. - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

My understanding is that although we can translate it as fit it has more to do with the word 'remain', though not so literal - I've put it on, I am wearing it, how does it stay/remain on me. I know you'd not say this in English but it 'feels' more like... - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

sounds right to me your "feeling". - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

... that than simply 'fit' which is wholly impersonal. - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Thanks Daks, glad to know that I'm slowly starting to feel the language as well as simply speak it. Such a long way to go though :-) - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

I can say the same thing. :) - Dakie, Mar 7, 2011

Decent! :-) - afowen, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 3

Exactly. ¿Qué tal quedó? He is really asking for her opinion.

Why quedar for opinon, is it like "Qué tal está", being that quedar can mean to be?? - jeezzle, Mar 7, 2011

As in ¨how is it¨¨ - pacofinkler, Mar 7, 2011

In this situation "quedó" is similar to "turned out" or "ended up"... "How do you like the way the dog turned out?" - 005faa61, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 4

Be forewarned that this will be hard to remember and will likely be asked again in the not too near future. Gracias.

jajaja, hopefully you will remember it. :) - Dakie, Mar 8, 2011