Etymology
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From des- + pegar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /despeˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.peˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧pe‧gar
despegar (first-person singular present despego, first-person singular preterite despegué, past participle despegado)
- (transitive) to detach, to remove, to unstick
- Antonym: pegar
- (intransitive) to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air)
- Synonym: (Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay) decolar
- Antonym: aterrizar
- (reflexive) to become alienated
- Synonym: desapegarse
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of despegar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive despegar
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dative
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despegarme
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despegarte
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despegarle, despegarse
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despegarnos
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despegaros
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despegarles, despegarse
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accusative
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despegarme
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despegarte
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despegarlo, despegarla, despegarse
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despegarnos
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despegaros
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despegarlos, despegarlas, despegarse
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with gerund despegando
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dative
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despegándome
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despegándote
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despegándole, despegándose
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despegándonos
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despegándoos
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despegándoles, despegándose
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accusative
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despegándome
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despegándote
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despegándolo, despegándola, despegándose
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despegándonos
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despegándoos
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despegándolos, despegándolas, despegándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative despega
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dative
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despégame
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despégate
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despégale
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despéganos
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not used
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despégales
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accusative
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despégame
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despégate
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despégalo, despégala
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despéganos
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not used
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despégalos, despégalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative despegá
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dative
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despegame
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despegate
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despegale
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despeganos
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not used
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despegales
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accusative
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despegame
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despegate
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despegalo, despegala
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despeganos
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not used
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despegalos, despegalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative despegue
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dative
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despégueme
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not used
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despéguele, despéguese
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despéguenos
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not used
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despégueles
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accusative
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despégueme
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not used
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despéguelo, despéguela, despéguese
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despéguenos
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not used
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despéguelos, despéguelas
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with first-person plural imperative despeguemos
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dative
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not used
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despeguémoste
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despeguémosle
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despeguémonos
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despeguémoos
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despeguémosles
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accusative
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not used
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despeguémoste
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despeguémoslo, despeguémosla
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despeguémonos
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despeguémoos
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despeguémoslos, despeguémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative despegad
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dative
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despegadme
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not used
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despegadle
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despegadnos
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despegaos
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despegadles
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accusative
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despegadme
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not used
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despegadlo, despegadla
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despegadnos
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despegaos
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despegadlos, despegadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative despeguen
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dative
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despéguenme
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not used
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despéguenle
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despéguennos
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not used
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despéguenles, despéguense
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accusative
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despéguenme
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not used
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despéguenlo, despéguenla
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despéguennos
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not used
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despéguenlos, despéguenlas, despéguense
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Derived terms
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