Learn Spanish (Spain): La tienda de campaña ha quedado destrozada.

Using the verb quedar followed by a past participle emphasizes the final state as the direct result of a previous action or event, like a bad storm. While está destrozada simply states that it is destroyed, ha quedado destrozada emphasizes that it ended up or was left destroyed.

Why does the word destrozada end in -a?

In the quedar plus past participle structure, the participle functions as an adjective. It must agree in gender and number with the subject it describes. Since la tienda de campaña is feminine and singular, the participle becomes destrozada.

Could I use the reflexive se ha quedado in this sentence?

Yes, you could say se ha quedado destrozada. When talking about the resulting state of inanimate objects, quedar and quedarse are often interchangeable. However, adding se can sometimes make the statement feel slightly more expressive or focus on the unexpectedness of the change, whereas the non-reflexive ha quedado is a bit more objective.

Why is a tent called a tienda de campaña if tienda usually means shop?

While tienda is the standard word for a shop or store, tienda de campaña is the fixed phrase for a camping tent. It literally translates to campaign tent, coming from the historical military use of tents during field campaigns.