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How to Say ‘I stayed home.’ in Mexican Spanish

Yo me quedé en casa.

yoh meh keh-DEH ehn kah-sah

[yoh meh keh-DEH ehn kah-sah]

💬 Usage Tip: quedarse needs me in front to mean "to stay": me quedé "I stayed." Without me, quedé usually means "I arranged" or "I ended up."

Phrase Breakdown

Yo me quedé

yoh meh keh-DEH

I stayed

'Quedarse' means to stay. Stress the last syllable: 'keh-DEH'. In Mexico, 'yo' sounds like 'yoh'.

Example

Yo me quedé dormido.

I fell asleep.

Words in this phrase

[yoh]

The speaker or writer referring to themselves.

Example

Yo prefiero el té al café.

I prefer tea over coffee.

[meh]

myself

Reflexive pronoun for 'I'; with llamar it means 'I call myself'.

Example

Me lavo las manos.

I wash my hands.

quedé

[keh-DEH]

I stayed / I was left

Past tense of quedarse; often means you remained in a state.

Example

Después de hablar, quedé con ganas de aprender más.

After talking, I was left wanting to learn more.

en casa.

ehn kah-sah

at home.

A common way to say 'at home'. Say 'en KAH-sah'.

Example

Hoy trabajo en casa.

Today I'm working from home.

Words in this phrase

[ehn]

Marks the price agreed.

Example

Lo dejo en cien.

I'll leave it at a hundred.

casa

[kah-sah]

house

A building for human habitation.

Example

De la casa salió el humo.

Smoke came out of the house.

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