La tortilla de patata quedó muy buena.

good

Breakdown of La tortilla de patata quedó muy buena.

• muy: very
• de: of
• la tortilla: the omelette

Questions & Answers about La tortilla de patata quedó muy buena.

Why is quedó used here? What does quedar mean in this sentence?

Here quedar means to turn out or to come out in the sense of a final result.

So La tortilla de patata quedó muy buena means something like:

• The potato omelette turned out very well / very good

This is a very common use of quedar in Spanish when talking about how something ends up after being made, cooked, arranged, written, etc.

Examples:

• La cena quedó fantástica. — The dinner turned out fantastic.
• El dibujo quedó muy bonito. — The drawing turned out very nice.
• La habitación quedó perfecta. — The room ended up perfect.

So this is not the quedar of to meet up or to stay. It is the result meaning.

Why is it quedó and not queda?