Meaning of te quedó

Question

'La sopa te quedó rica.'

How to best translate 'te quedó' into English?

Answer 1

Quedar is one of those verbs that has a lot of uses.

Ended up being is one I often thing of, simply to be is a possibility.

So for this sentence 'La sopa te quedó rica.'

I think of: The soup was delicious to them, The Soup turned out to be delicious for them, The soup ended up being delicious for them. In essence they found the soup delicious.

I am a learner as well, wait for other opinions as to whether I am correctly capturing the essence.

Thx. 'Te' is 'to you', right? So, the soup turned out to be delicious to you, or to them? - sunflowerhk, May 12, 2017

Sorry to you, I was speaking from an outside perspective, which I shouldn't do- it confuses things. :) - bosquederoble, May 12, 2017

You got my vote. - Daniela2041, May 12, 2017

Thx but Sorry, i still don't understand. X said this sentence to me. I guess X said the soup i made was delicious. Based on the conrext, i understand the meaning but i don't know how the meaning has a connection with te quedó. - sunflowerhk, May 13, 2017

X said to me: the soup turned out to be delicious to you? But it should be to X (me quedó, not te quedó, right?) - sunflowerhk, May 13, 2017

Answer 2

The meaning of "La sopa te quedó rica" would be: The soup you cook/made was tasty/delicious.

"La comida te quedó/te ha quedado rica", is a phrase you say to the cook if you liked the meal.

welcome to SD. I still remember a lesson about the huge number of uses for quedar and quedarse - but not all the meanings! - Mardle, May 12, 2017

Answer 3

Maybe this example would help you to understand the use of this expresion:

--¿Cómo me quedó la sopa?

--Te quedó muy rica.

--Pensé que me había quedado un poco salada.

--No, no, te quedó muy bien.

Thx, but why te quedó, not me quedó? The soup is delicious to me, not to you - sunflowerhk, May 13, 2017

Answer 4

La sopa te quedó rica.

This "quedó" would mean :

The soup is tasty. You cooked it and the result you got is thatit is tasty.

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Examples:

Esta receta me queda siempre bien. Every time I make this recipe the result I have is a good one.

La nueva decoración de tu dormitorio te quedó preciosa. You redecorated your bedroon and the result you got was very nice.

Estoy segura que nuestro coche nos quedará muy bien después que lo pintemos.
I'm sure that when we have our car painted, our car will be very nice.

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This is one of the uses of the verb "quedar". There are others of course.

great examples. I was also wondering why it was "te" but now it makes perfect sense. I will think of this usage of quedar like the english "turned out" so the recipe/room/car/whatever "turned out" well for me/you/whoever made it. - ErikainAndalusia, Jul 6, 2017

This seems very similar to me to the way "salir" is sometimes used though I don't think I've heard that with the indirect object. Just like "la sopa salió muy bien". Like the English turned out, came out, ended up, - ErikainAndalusia, Jul 6, 2017

Answer 5

One of the meanings of quedarse in my Pimsleur audio was in the situation where one person was trying on clothes. The other one said about the outfit she was trying on was "Te queda bien" - It suits you.

It could easily apply to food, but in that circumstance, English does not have a direct (or even close) translation. I would translate your sentence literally as "The soup suited you delicious" with the meaning of "This delicious soup showed you to be a great cook."

Dani, does my answer get a heart?

Thx. My problem is why te quedó, and not me quedó? As in the eg of trying on clothes, it is te queda = the clothes suits you, looks good on you. But in the context of soup, it is not me quedó to say it suits me, my taste? - sunflowerhk, May 13, 2017

If it is te quedó, it us not quedarse (reflexive). It is just quedar, right? - sunflowerhk, May 13, 2017