queda

See also: Queda, quedá, and quedà

Catalan

Etymology 1

From quet, archaic form of quiet (“quiet”).

Adjective

queda

1. feminine singular of quet

Noun

queda f (plural quedes)

1. (historical) curfew

Derived terms

• toc de queda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

queda

1. inflection of quedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “queda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “queda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “queda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “queda”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish quedar (“to stay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈda/, [keˈd̪a]
• Hyphenation: que‧da

Verb

quedá

1. to stay; to remain in place

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for queda

	tense	infinitive	present	future
Zamboanga City conjugation	queda	ya queda	ta queda	ay queda
Cavite conjugation				di queda

Galician

Verb

queda

1. inflection of quedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.dɐ/ [ˈkɛ.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
• Hyphenation: que‧da

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese caeda, from Vulgar Latin *cadeta (“a falling, drop”) feminine past participle of *cadescere, from Latin cadere. Compare Spanish caída.

Noun

queda f (plural quedas)

1. a fall

   O orgulho antecede a queda. ― Pride comes before a fall.

2. drop

   Houve uma queda de temperatura depois da chuva. ― There was a drop in temperature after the rain.

3. crash

   Como aconteceu a queda do avião? ― How did the plane crash come about?

4. talent, ability

   A garota não tinha queda para música. ― The girl had no talent for music.

5. downfall, decay, decline
6. crush (an infatuation with somebody) [with por ‘for’]

   Synonym: fraquinho

7. (Azores) heel of a shoe

Derived terms

• queda d'água
• queda de cabelo
• queda de rins
• queda da energia
• queda livre
• quedinha

Related terms

• cair
• caído

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

queda

1. inflection of quedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “queda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “queda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeda/ [ˈke.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: que‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from quedar.

Noun

queda f (plural quedas)

1. curfew

Derived terms

• toque de queda

Etymology 2

Adjective

queda f

1. feminine singular of quedo

Etymology 3

Verb

queda

1. inflection of quedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “quedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025