quedarse encendido
/kedaɾse enθendido/from spelling rules
In Spanish, to stay on is quedarse encendido.
This phrase is used to describe electronic devices, lights or fires that remain in an active state rather than being extinguished or deactivated.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of quedarse (to stay or remain) and encendido (turned on or lit).
Which one should you use?
To express the opposite, that a device remains turned off, use quedarse apagado instead of quedarse encendido.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective must agree with the subject: use quedarse encendida if the subject is a feminine noun, such as la luz (the light) and use quedarse encendidos if the subject is a masculine plural noun, such as los monitores (the monitors).
How do you pronounce it?
/kedaɾse enθendido/
Did you know?
- The word encendido is also used to describe a person who is extremely passionate, lustful or blushing with intensity. In this context, the person is figuratively 'on fire' with emotion.
- The root of encendido, 'encender', originally meant to set something on fire or to kindle a flame in a hearth.
- The word encendido can describe a color that is exceptionally bright or vivid, much like an English speaker might call a shade 'brilliant'.
Examples in context
- Por favor, quédese en la línea para ser atendido.Please stay on the line to be assisted.
- Le rogamos mantenerse en su asiento hasta que el avión haya aterrizado.We kindly ask you to stay in your seat until the plane has landed.
- No te muevas de aquí hasta que regrese.Stay put here until I come back.
- Sigue en la fiesta si todavía te estás divirtiendo.Stay at the party if you're still having fun.
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are leaving the living room.
- MateoLucía, apaga la lámpara.Lucía, turn off the lamp.
- LucíaPensé que debía quedarse encendido.I thought it should stay on.
- MateoNo, no es necesario.No, it is not necessary.
- LucíaEstá bien, la apago ahora.Okay, I'll turn it off now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries encendido, CC BY-SA 4.0.
