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¿Quedamos el sábado?

¿Quedamos el sábado?
Shall we meet on Saturday?
From Lesson 97:Making plans (¿quedamos?, ¿te apetece?)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Quedamos el sábado?

Why does this mean "Shall we meet" when quedamos is in the present tense?
In Spanish, you can use the present tense to make suggestions or offers about the near future. By asking ¿Quedamos...?, you are literally saying "Do we meet...?" which translates naturally to "Shall we meet...?" or "Do you want to meet...?" in English.
I thought quedar meant "to stay". Why does it mean "to meet" here?
The verb quedar has a few different meanings depending on the context. When talking about people getting together, it means "to arrange to meet" or "to meet up". If you want to say "to stay" in a place, you must use the reflexive form, quedarse.
Why is it el sábado instead of using a word for "on"?
In English, we use "on" for days of the week, but Spanish doesn't use a preposition for this. Instead, you just use the masculine definite article (el for a single day, or los for a recurring day like "on Saturdays"). So, "on Saturday" is simply el sábado.
Could I say ¿Encontramos el sábado? instead to mean "meet"?
Not usually. Encontrar means "to find" or "to encounter" by chance. When you are making plans to meet up with friends on purpose, quedar is the most natural verb to use in Spain.

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