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Questions & Answers about ¿Te queda bien el lunes?
What does quedar bien mean here?
In this sentence, quedar bien means something like to suit someone’s schedule, to be convenient, or to work well.
So ¿Te queda bien el lunes? is asking whether Monday is good for you.
This is a very common use of quedar in everyday Spanish. It does not mean physical location here, and it does not mean clothing fit here either.
A few useful meanings of quedar bien:
- Esta camisa te queda bien. → This shirt looks good on you / fits you well.
- El lunes me queda bien. → Monday works well for me.
So the exact meaning depends on context.
Why is it te queda and not te quedas?
Because el lunes is the grammatical subject of the verb.
In ¿Te queda bien el lunes?, the structure is basically:
- el lunes = the thing being talked about
- te = to you
- queda bien = suits / works well
So literally, it is closer to:
Does Monday suit you well?
Since el lunes is singular, the verb is also singular:
- el lunes te queda bien
- not el lunes te quedas bien
Quedas would be the tú form, but here tú is not the subject. The subject is el lunes.
What exactly does te mean here?