queda
Meaning
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- (feminine) a fall
- (feminine) drop
- (feminine) crash
- (feminine) talent, ability
- (feminine) downfall, decay, decline
- (feminine) crush (an infatuation with somebody)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
que‧da
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɛ.dɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese caeda, from Vulgar Latin *cadeta (“a falling, drop”) feminine past participle of *cadescere, from Latin cadere. Compare Spanish caída.
New
quedar
- (intransitive) to stay quiet or still
- (pronominal) to linger (to stay in a place or situation for too long)
- (copulative,pronominal) to stay; to remain (not to change from a condition)
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