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quedar.

to stay quiet or still

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/keˈda(ʁ)/Brazil[keˈda(h)]Brazil/keˈda(ɾ)/São-Paulo/keˈda(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to stay quiet or still

    intransitive
  2. to linger (to stay in a place or situation for too long)

    pronominal
  3. to stay; to remain (not to change from a condition)

    copulative · pronominal
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese quedar, from Vulgar Latin quētāre, from Late Latin quiētāre (“to quiet”), from Latin quietārī. Compare Portuguese borrowed doublet quietar. See also quitar.

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