Quedar

[laepelba]

I know that "quedar" is one of those words with a LOT more meanings/uses than just the most obvious ("to remain"). I sent an e-mail this morning to a friend in Uruguay with a photo that I took when I was in Montevideo last month. She wrote back soon after, and one thing she said was: Qué buena que quedó!

What does that mean? I assume it means something about how good it was, or something like that. She went on to comment that it was such a lovely day (given that it was winter and the sky was a gorgeous blue and the temperatures weren't as cold as usual).

Please help me with the meaning of that particular sentence, and please also comment on this usage of the word quedar. THANKS!!

[chileno]

Qué buena que quedó mean How good it came out.

Quédate tranquila = stay put, remain quiet

Quedamos en juntarnos hoy = we accorded in getting together/meeting

I forgot what else I was going to say... I must be getting oldtimers (the disease)

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Qué buena que quedó mean How good it came out.

Thanks, Hernan!! Would you (or someone) give me more sentences that use quedar in that same sense? Thanks!!!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks, Hernan!! Would you (or someone) give me more sentences that use quedar in that same sense? Thanks!!!

Tu eres modista, cocinera o de cualquier profesión en la cuál produces algo, si eres buena en lo que haces, las cosas que haces te quedarán/saldrán siempre buenas.

¿Entiendes?

[poli]

Me quedo con hambre. I'm still hungry.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by poli

Me quedo con hambre. I'm still hungry.

Right, but this is more "natural"

Me quedé con hambre or like you said "Siempre me quedo con hambre"

And it is "I was left hungry" or something around that...

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Tu eres modista, cocinera o de cualquier profesión en la cuál produces algo, si eres buena en lo que haces, las cosas que haces te quedarán/saldrán siempre buenas.

¿Entiendes?

Hmmm... It almost sounds like "to be" ... is that it? Is this sense always used with bueno? Also mal?

Originally Posted by poli

Me quedo con hambre. I'm still hungry.

Really? How is it "still" in this sentence, Qué buena que quedó! ... how good it still was ...

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Right, but this is more "natural"

Me quedé con hambre or like you said "Siempre me quedo con hambre"

And it is "I was left hungry" or something around that...

That makes me more confused ... I don't understand how "still" or "remain" or "to be left" fit into the sentence in my original post....

[chileno]

Las cosas te pueden quedar bien o mal.

Te puedes quedar con o sin hambre.

Las cosas te pueden salir/quedar bien o mal.

You were confectioning/making a dress and that "puede salir(te)/quedar(te) bien o mal.

Quedar is not equal to "still"

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Las cosas te pueden quedar bien o mal. <-- What does this sentence mean? And what is the difference between Las cosas te pueden quedar bien/mal and Las cosas te pueden estar bien/mal? And does the "te" go with the poder or the quedar? My friend's sentence didn't have a pronoun there.....

Te puedes quedar con o sin hambre. <-- What does this sentence mean?

Las cosas te pueden salir/quedar bien o mal. <-- What does this sentence mean? I thought that "salir" meant the action of leaving a place..........

You were confectioning/making a dress and that "puede salir(te)/quedar(te) bien o mal. <-- Same here ... I don't get it.......

Quedar is not equal to "still" <-- So is Poli's "I'm still hungry" not correct??

So it's not like "to be"? Then I am still confused.

(PS - I've never heard the word "confectioning" except for "confectioner's sugar" ... and that was only a zillion years ago when my mother would talk about "powdered" sugar.....)