queda

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

queda

1. feminine singular of quet

queda f (plural quedes)

1. (historical) curfew

• toc de queda

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

queda

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

• “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)

Inherited from Spanish quedar (“to stay”).

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

quedá

1. to stay; to remain in place

queda

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

• Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
• Hyphenation: que‧da

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

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

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

• cair
• caído

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

queda

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

• “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

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

Deverbal from quedar.

queda f (plural quedas)

1. curfew

queda f

1. feminine singular of quedo

queda

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

• “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