despegar
Meanings
Verb
1. to detach, to remove, to unstick (transitive)
2. to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air) (intransitive)
3. to become alienated (reflexive)
Examples61
Despegaremos en cinco minutos.
We will take off in a few minutes.
Tom no puede despegar la vista de Mary.
Tom can't take his eyes off Mary.
Los aviones despegaron uno tras otro.
One plane after another took off.
El avión despegó hace diez minutos.
The airplane took off ten minutes ago.
El avión despega en una hora.
The plane will take off in one hour.
El avión está por despegar.
The plane is about to take off.