despegar
/despeˈɡaɾ/, [d̪es.peˈɣ̞aɾ]take off, to take off
Verb despegar (first-person singular present despego, first-person singular preterite despegué, past participle despegado)
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(transitive) to detach, to remove, to unstick
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(intransitive) to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air)
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(reflexive) to become alienated
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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El avión no puede despegar hasta que aterrice el otro avión.
The plane cannot take off until the other plane lands.
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El avión está por despegar.
The plane is about to take off.
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El avión está listo para despegar.
The airplane is ready for takeoff.
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Tom no puede despegar la vista de Mary.
Tom can't take his eyes off Mary.
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El avión estaba a punto de despegar.
The airplane was just going to take off.
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El avión acaba de despegar.
The plane has just taken off.
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Oí un ruido extraño cuando el avión estaba a punto de despegar.
The plane was about to take off when I heard a strange sound.
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Voy a despegar este sello con agua caliente.
I'm going to take off this stamp with hot water.
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Un helicóptero es capaz de despegar y aterrizar verticalmente.
A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.
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El avión está a punto de despegar rumbo a París.
The plane is about to take off for Paris.
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