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¿Dónde quedamos? En la plaza.

¿Dónde quedamos? En la plaza.
Where shall we meet? In the square.
From Lesson 97:Making plans (¿quedamos?, ¿te apetece?)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde quedamos? En la plaza.

Why is quedamos translated as "shall we meet"? Doesn't quedar mean "to stay"?
Quedar has a few different meanings! While quedarse (used with a reflexive pronoun like me, te, or nos) means "to stay", quedar without the extra pronoun often means "to arrange to meet" or "to meet up". It is extremely common in Spain for making plans with friends.
Why use the present tense quedamos here instead of a future tense to say "shall we meet"?
In Spanish, the present tense is frequently used to make suggestions, offer help, or talk about immediate future plans. Saying ¿Dónde quedamos? is the most natural way to ask "Where shall we meet?" or "Where are we meeting?".
Could I use encontramos or conocemos here instead of quedamos?
Not really. Conocer means to meet someone for the first time. Encontrarse can mean to meet up, but quedar is much more natural and common in Spain when you are agreeing on a place and time to see people you already know.
Why do we use en for "in the square" instead of a?
We use en because it describes the static physical location where the meeting will happen. You use a (to) when there is movement toward a destination, like in the sentence Vamos a la plaza (We are going to the square).

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