Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): Solo me quedan veintinueve euros hasta el viernes, así que prefiero cocinar en casa. - I only have twenty-nine euros left until Friday, so I prefer to cook at home.

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Solo me quedan veintinueve euros hasta el viernes, así que prefiero cocinar en casa.

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I only have twenty-nine euros left until Friday, so I prefer to cook at home.

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Breakdown of Solo me quedan veintinueve euros hasta el viernes, así que prefiero cocinar en casa.

Why does the sentence use me quedan instead of tengo?

Because Spanish often expresses this idea as what is left to me rather than what I have.

Solo me quedan veintinueve euros literally means Only twenty-nine euros remain to me.
A more direct version with tener would be Solo tengo veintinueve euros, which is also correct.

The version with quedar emphasizes that this is the amount you have left.

What exactly does quedar mean here?

Here, quedar means to remain / to be left.

So:

It is a very common verb in Spanish for talking about what remains.

Why is it quedan and not queda?