Ella VerbsTo remove, to take off Irregular Verb
At a glance: Despegar (to remove, to take off) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: despego, despegas, despega, despegamos, despegáis, despegan. Its irregularities include: G changes to gu for yo in the indicative preterite and all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives are affected).
Despegar is the Spanish verb for "to remove, to take off". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to despegar include: destituir, eliminar, quitar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | despegar | to remove, to take off |
| Past participle | despegado | removed |
| Gerund | despegando | removing |
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The Indicative Present of despegar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "despego", meaning "I remove".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despego | I remove |
| Tú | despegas | you remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despega | s/he removes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegamos | we remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegáis | you (plural) remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegan | they remove |
The Indicative Preterite of despegar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "despegué", meaning "I removed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegué | I removed |
| Tú | despegaste | you removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegó | s/he removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegamos | we removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegasteis | you (plural) removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegaron | they removed |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of despegar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "despegaba", meaning "I used to remove".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegaba | I used to remove |
| Tú | despegabas | you used to remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegaba | s/he used to remove |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegábamos | we used to remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegabais | you (plural) used to remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegaban | they used to remove |
The Indicative Present Continuous of despegar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy despegando", meaning "I am removing".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy despegando | I am removing |
| Tú | estás despegando | you are removing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está despegando | s/he is removing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos despegando | we are removing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis despegando | you (plural) are removing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están despegando | they are removing |
The Indicative Informal Future of despegar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a despegar", meaning "I am going to remove".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a despegar | I am going to remove |
| Tú | vas a despegar | you are going to remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a despegar | s/he is going to remove |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a despegar | we are going to remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a despegar | you (plural) are going to remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a despegar | they are going to remove |
The Indicative Future of despegar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "despegaré", meaning "I will remove".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegaré | I will remove |
| Tú | despegarás | you will remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegará | s/he will remove |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegaremos | we will remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegaréis | you (plural) will remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegarán | they will remove |
The Indicative Conditional of despegar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "despegaría", meaning "I would remove".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegaría | I would remove |
| Tú | despegarías | you would remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegaría | s/he would remove |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegaríamos | we would remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegaríais | you (plural) would remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegarían | they would remove |
The Indicative Present Perfect of despegar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he despegado", meaning "I have removed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he despegado | I have removed |
| Tú | has despegado | you have removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha despegado | s/he has removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos despegado | we have removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis despegado | you (plural) have removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han despegado | they have removed |
The Indicative Past Perfect of despegar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había despegado", meaning "I had removed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había despegado | I had removed |
| Tú | habías despegado | you had removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había despegado | s/he had removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos despegado | we had removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais despegado | you (plural) had removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían despegado | they had removed |
The Indicative Future Perfect of despegar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré despegado", meaning "I will have removed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré despegado | I will have removed |
| Tú | habrás despegado | you will have removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá despegado | s/he will have removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos despegado | we will have removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis despegado | you (plural) will have removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán despegado | they will have removed |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of despegar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría despegado", meaning "I would have removed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría despegado | I would have removed |
| Tú | habrías despegado | you would have removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría despegado | s/he would have removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos despegado | we would have removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais despegado | you (plural) would have removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían despegado | they would have removed |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "despegue", meaning "I remove".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegue | I remove |
| Tú | despegues | you remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegue | s/he removes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despeguemos | we remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despeguéis | you (plural) remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despeguen | they remove |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "despegara", meaning "I removed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegara | I removed |
| Tú | despegaras | you removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegara | s/he removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegáramos | we removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegarais | you (plural) removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegaran | they removed |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "despegare", meaning "I will remove".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | despegare | I will remove |
| Tú | despegares | you will remove |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegare | s/he will remove |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despegáremos | we will remove |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegareis | you (plural) will remove |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despegaren | they will remove |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya despegado", meaning "I have removed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya despegado | I have removed |
| Tú | hayas despegado | you have removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya despegado | s/he has removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos despegado | we have removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis despegado | you (plural) have removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan despegado | they have removed |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera despegado", meaning "I had removed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera despegado | I had removed |
| Tú | hubieras despegado | you had removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera despegado | s/he had removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos despegado | we had removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais despegado | you (plural) had removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran despegado | they had removed |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere despegado", meaning "I will have removed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere despegado | I will have removed |
| Tú | hubieres despegado | you will have removed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere despegado | s/he will have removed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos despegado | we will have removed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis despegado | you (plural) will have removed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren despegado | they will have removed |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "despegue", meaning "(to you formal) remove!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | despega | (to you) remove! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | despegue | (to you formal) remove! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | despeguemos | let's remove! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | despegad | (to you plural) remove! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | despeguen | (to you plural formal) remove! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no despegue", meaning "(to you formal) don't remove!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no despegues | (to you) don't remove! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no despegue | (to you formal) don't remove! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no despeguemos | let's not remove! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no despeguéis | (to you plural) don't remove! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no despeguen | (to you plural formal) don't remove! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
Despegar is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: G changes to gu for yo in the indicative preterite and all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives are affected).
In the present tense (presente), despegar is conjugated as: yo despego, tú despegas, él/ella/usted despega, nosotros despegamos, vosotros despegáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes despegan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), despegar is conjugated as: yo despegué, tú despegaste, él/ella/usted despegó, nosotros despegamos, vosotros despegasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes despegaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), despegar is conjugated as: yo despegaba, tú despegabas, él/ella/usted despegaba, nosotros despegábamos, vosotros despegabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes despegaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), despegar is conjugated as: yo despegaré, tú despegarás, él/ella/usted despegará, nosotros despegaremos, vosotros despegaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes despegarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), despegar is conjugated as: yo despegue, tú despegues, él/ella/usted despegue, nosotros despeguemos, vosotros despeguéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes despeguen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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