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yo quedaba

was left, remained, looked better, suited better

→ quedar
qued stay, remain + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella/usted)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Common #6,945
was left, remained
SP: Solo quedaba una silla.
EN: Only one chair was left.
looked better, suited better
SP: La camisa azul te quedaba mejor.
EN: The blue shirt looked better on you.
Conjugation of quedar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First quedaba —
Third quedaba quedaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First quedaba —
Third quedaba quedaban
quedara

No te quedaba espacio en la espalda.

You didn't have any room left on your back.

— ¿Está funcionando esto? (2025)

No me quedaba tiempo para desayunar.

I didn't have time to eat breakfast.

No quedaba nadie más en la tienda.

There was nobody else left in the store.

Llegado un momento, se quedaba en casa.

At some point, he would stay home.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Y seguí la única pista que me quedaba.

And I followed the only clue I had left.

— Contratiempo (2017)

Quedaba uno.

There was one left.

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

No quedaba gasolina en ninguna estación.

There was no gasoline left at any station.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

El único asiento que quedaba libre era el que estaba junto a Mary.

The only seat left free was the one next to Mary.

Cuando estaba un poco mejor, salía y se quedaba sentada al sol.

When she was feeling a little better, she would go outside and sit in the sun.

— La strada (1954)

Se quedaba sentado toda la noche.

He would sit there all night.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Quedaba todo en un trámite.

It was all just a formality.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Me prometiste no volver a jugar, si me quedaba embarazada.

You promised me you wouldn't gamble again if I got pregnant.

— 活着 (1994)

Pensé que no nos quedaba café.

I thought we were out of coffee.

A mí todavía me quedaba uno.

I still had one left.

— Voces Inocentes (2005)

¿Cómo nos las arreglamos cuando «ya no quedaba nada en existencias »?

How did we manage when “there was nothing left in stock”?

Tomé lo que quedaba en el frasco.

I took what was left in the jar.

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

¡Le quedaba casi una hora!

He still had almost an hour left!

— Horas de terror (1997)

No les quedaba dinero.

They had no money left.

Cuando llegué, ya no quedaba pastel.

When I arrived, there was no cake left.

No quedaba nadie más que yo.

There was no one left but me.

Y luego quedaba en silencio, pero con pedos letales.

And then he would fall silent, but with lethal farts.

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Con el puente destruido, no quedaba nada más que hacer que nadar.

With the bridge destroyed, there was nothing left to do but swim.

No quedaba nada en el refrigerador.

There was nothing left in the refrigerator.

El único asiento que quedaba libre era el que había junto a Mary.

The only seat left free was the one next to Mary.

Sin confianza en la justicia, ¿qué les quedaba?

Without trust in the justice system, what were they left with?

— Contratiempo (2017)

Menos mal que quedaba cerca el banco.

Luckily, the bank was nearby.

— Nueve reinas (2000)

Me confirmaron que ya no quedaba saldo en la cuenta.

They confirmed that there was no balance left in the account.

Me tomé todo lo que quedaba en la botella.

I drank everything that was left in the bottle.

Quedaba un poco de agua al fondo de la botella.

There was a little water left at the bottom of the bottle.

El único asiento libre que quedaba era el que estaba junto a Mary.

The only free seat left was the one next to Mary.

O lo que quedaba de él.

Or what was left of it.

Ahí quedaba un poco.

There was a little left there.

— ¡Ayuda! (2026)

La veía girar, girar, hasta que me quedaba dormida.

I watched her spin and spin until I fell asleep.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Quedaba claro que Tom no se negaría a hacerlo.

It was clear that Tom wouldn't refuse to do it.

Pero no nos quedaba otra.

But we had no other choice.

— Los lunes al sol (2002)

No quedaba nadie por responder.

There was no one left to answer.

Vi lo que quedaba de él.

I saw what was left of him.

— Indiana Jones 3: La Última Cruzada (1989)

Pero si el Señor se quedaba conmigo, pronto sería verdad.

But if the Lord stayed with me, it would soon be true.

— La Linterna Roja (1991)

La cuestión era cuando se quedaba sin drogas.

The issue was when he ran out of drugs.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

No me quedaba dinero.

I had no money left.

No quedaba nadie en la piscina.

There was nobody left in the pool.

Finalmente, ese viejo embajador recordó dónde quedaba el cuarto.

Finally, that old ambassador remembered where the room was.

Ahora sólo me quedaba una opción.

Now I only had one option left.

— PK (2014)

Ni Bumpy se quedaba con el veinte por ciento.

Even Bumpy didn't get twenty percent.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Y no quedaba.

And there was none left.

Ella no paraba de quejarse de que no quedaba dinero.

She kept complaining that there was no money left.

¡Qué carajo podría cometer un crimen pasional cuando ya no quedaba pasión!

What the hell could someone commit a crime of passion for when there was no passion left!

— Sin piedad (2026)

Al final, de mi unidad sólo quedaba yo.

In the end, I was the only one left from my unit.

— Porco Rosso (1992)

Quedaba uno solo.

There was only one left.

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

Sólo quedaba una cosa por hacer.

There was only one thing left to do.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Entre mi padre y yo, ya no quedaba amor, ¿cierto?

There was no love left between my father and me, right?

— Devdas (2002)

El único asiento libre que quedaba era el que había junto a Mary.

The only free seat left was the one next to Mary.

He gastado el precioso tiempo que te quedaba.

I have used up the precious time you had left.

— La canción del mar (2014)

Anoche repartimos lo último que nos quedaba.

Last night we distributed the last of what we had left.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Se quedaba encerrada.

She would get locked in.

— Elena sabe (2023)

Quedaba mucho pastel.

There was a lot of cake left.