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Despegar conjugation

Despegar conjugation - to take off (airplane)

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Despegar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take off (airplane), unstick, detach”.

Below are all of the conjugations for despegar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.

The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.

The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.

Despegar Infinitive

English Infinitive to take off (airplane), unstick, detach
Spanish Infinitive despegar

Despegar Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está despegando) and past continuous (estaba despegando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. taking off shoes).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he despegado and hubiera despegado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have taken off shoes).

Gerundio / Gerund  despegando
Participio / Past Participle  despegado

Despegar Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Despegar Presente / Present

The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I take off shoes” or “they take off shoes”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo despego
despegas
Él / Ella / Usted despega
Nosotros / as despegamos
Vosotros / as despegáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegan
Vos despegás

Despegar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took off shoes” or “she took off shoes” in English.

In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo despegué I took off shoes
despegaste You took off shoes
Él / Ella / Usted despegó He / she / you took off shoes
Nosotros / as despegamos We took off shoes
Vosotros / as despegasteis You took off shoes
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegaron They / you took off shoes
Vos despegaste You took off shoes

Despegar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking off shoes” or “she was taking off shoes” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo despegaba I was taking off shoes
despegabas You were taking off shoes
Él / Ella / Usted despegaba He was / she was / you were taking off shoes
Nosotros / as despegábamos We were taking off shoes
Vosotros / as despegabais You were taking off shoes
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegaban They / you were taking off shoes
Vos despegabas You were taking off shoes

Despegar Perfect / Perfecto

The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.

In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have taken off shoes” and “she has taken off shoes”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he despegado I have taken off shoes
has despegado You have taken off shoes
Él / Ella / Usted ha despegado He has / she has / you have taken off shoes
Nosotros / as hemos despegado We have taken off shoes
Vosotros / as habéis despegado You have taken off shoes
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han despegado They / you have taken off shoes
Vos has despegado You have taken off shoes

Despegar Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would take off shoes” or “she would take off shoes”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo despegaría I would take off shoes
despegarías You would take off shoes
Él / Ella / Usted despegaría He / she / you would take off shoes
Nosotros / as despegaríamos We would take off shoes
Vosotros / as despegaríais You would take off shoes
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegarían They / you would take off shoes
Vos despegarías You would take off shoes

Despegar Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take off shoes” or “they will take off shoes”.

It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a despegar” means “They are going to take off shoes”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo despegaré I will take off shoes
despegarás You will take off shoes
Él / Ella / Usted despegará He / she / you will take off shoes
Nosotros / as despegaremos We will take off shoes
Vosotros / as despegaréis You will take off shoes
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegarán They / you will take off shoes
Vos despegarás You will take off shoes

Despegar Subjunctive Conjugations

Despegar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo despegue
despegues
Él / Ella / Usted despegue
Nosotros / as despeguemos
Vosotros / as despeguéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despeguen
Vos despegues

Despegar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.

The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).

There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.

Pronoun Spanish era/ara Spanish ese/ase
Yo despegara despegase
despegaras despegase
Él / Ella / Usted despegara despegase
Nosotros / as despegáramos despegásemos
Vosotros / as despegarais despegaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegaran despegasen
Vos despegaras despegase

Despegar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.

It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo despegare
despegares
Él / Ella / Usted despegare
Nosotros / as despegáremos
Vosotros / as despegareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despegaren
Vos despegares

Despegar Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “take off shoes!” and “don’t take off shoes!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
despega no despegues
Él / Ella / Usted despegue no despegue
Nosotros / as despeguemos no despeguemos
Vosotros / as despegad no despeguéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes despeguen no despeguen
Vos despegá no despegues

Despegar Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Despegar Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya despegado
hayas despegado
Él / Ella / Usted haya despegado
Nosotros / as hayamos despegado
Vosotros / as hayáis despegado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan despegado
Vos hayas despegado

Despegar Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera despegado / hubiese despegado
hubieras despegado / hubieses despegado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera despegado / hubiese despegado
Nosotros / as hubiéramos despegado / hubiésemos despegado
Vosotros / as hubierais despegado / hubieseis despegado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran despegado / hubiesen despegado
Vos hubieras despegado / hubieses despegado

Despegar Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere despegado
hubieres despegado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere despegado
Nosotros / as hubiéremos despegado
Vosotros / as hubiereis despegado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren despegado
Vos hubieres despegado

Despegar Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté despegando
estés despegando
Él / Ella / Usted esté despegando
Nosotros / as estemos despegando
Vosotros / as estéis despegando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén despegando
Vos estés despegando

Despegar Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera despegando / estuviese despegando
estuvieras despegando / estuvieses despegando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera despegando / estuviese despegando
Nosotros / as estuviéramos despegando / estuviésamos despegando
Vosotros / as estuvierais despegando / estuvieseis despegando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera despegando / estuviese despegando
Vos estuvieras despegando / estuvieses despegando

Despegar Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere despegando
estuvieres despegando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere despegando
Nosotros / as estuviéremos despegando
Vosotros / as estuviereis despegando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere despegando
Vos estuvieres despegando

Despegar Vos Conjugation

Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.

There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.

The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos despegás
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos despegaste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos despegabas
Conditional
Condicional
Vos despegarías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos despegarás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos despegues
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos despegaras / Vos despegase
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos despegá
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no despegues