Word
La farmacia queda lejos, así que voy a tomar un taxi.
Meaning
The pharmacy is far away, so I am going to take a taxi.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of La farmacia queda lejos, así que voy a tomar un taxi.
yo
I
así que
so
ir a
to be going to
tomar
to take
Questions & Answers about La farmacia queda lejos, así que voy a tomar un taxi.
Why does quedar mean is/located here? I thought quedar meant to stay/remain.
Quedar has several common meanings, and one of them (very frequent in Latin America) is to be located / to be (at a distance).
- La farmacia queda lejos = The pharmacy is far (away) / is located far away.
- Similar: La farmacia queda cerca (It’s close), Queda a dos cuadras (It’s two blocks away), ¿Dónde queda…? (Where is… located?).
The stay/remain meaning also exists (e.g., Me quedo en casa = I’m staying home), but context usually makes it clear.
Could I say La farmacia está lejos instead? What’s the difference?
Yes. La farmacia está lejos is perfectly correct and very common.
Typical nuance:
- Está lejos focuses more on the state/distance (it’s far).
- Queda lejos often sounds more like its location ends up being far / it’s situated far, and it pairs naturally with directions and distances (queda a 10 minutos, queda por el centro, etc.).
In everyday conversation, they’re often interchangeable.
Why is lejos placed after the verb? Can it go elsewhere?