despegar

v.

1 to unstick.

Ella despegó los protectores She unstuck the protectors.

2 to take off.

El avión despegó ayer The plane took off yesterday.

3 to take off (empresa, equipo).

la empresa no acaba de despegar the company hasn't really been able to take off

4 to get under way, to start, to lift off, to take off.

El proyecto despegó hace un mes The project got under way a month ago.

5 to pull off, to peel back, to pull, to pull away.

Ella despegó la calcomanía She peeled back the sticker.

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despegar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desenganchar) to unstick, take off, detach

► verbo intransitivo

1 (avión) to take off; (nave espacial) to lift off, blast off

2 (comenzar el desarrollo) to take off

■ la industria ha despegado con fuerza the industry has really taken off

► verbo pronominal despegarse

1 (separarse) to come unstuck

2 figurado (perder afecto) to lose affection (de, for)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

no despegar los labios figurado not to say a word

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1. VT

1) (=desprender) [+ cosas pegadas] to unstick; [+ sobre] to open

sin despegar los labios — without uttering a word

2) (=separar) to detach

2.

VI (Aer) [avión] to take off; [cohete] to blast off

3.

See:

despegarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <etiqueta/esparadrapo> to remove, peel off; <piezas/ensambladura> to get ... unstuck o apart

no despegó los labios — she didn't say a word

b) <manga/cuello> to unpick; <botones> to remove

2.

despegar vi avión to take off; cohete to lift off, be launched

3.

despegarse v pron

1) sello/etiqueta to come unstuck, peel off; esparadrapo to come unstuck

no se me despega ni un minuto — he won't leave my side for a minute

2) (distanciarse, separarse) persona

despegarse de alguien — to distance oneself from somebody

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <etiqueta/esparadrapo> to remove, peel off; <piezas/ensambladura> to get ... unstuck o apart

no despegó los labios — she didn't say a word

b) <manga/cuello> to unpick; <botones> to remove

2.

despegar vi avión to take off; cohete to lift off, be launched

3.

despegarse v pron

1) sello/etiqueta to come unstuck, peel off; esparadrapo to come unstuck

no se me despega ni un minuto — he won't leave my side for a minute

2) (distanciarse, separarse) persona

despegarse de alguien — to distance oneself from somebody

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despegar¹

¹ = peel off.

Ex: If you encounter an unlabeled document during charge-out, peel off one of the preprinted labels and put it in the document.

* despegarse = come + unstuck, come + loose.

despegar²

² = get off + the ground, lift off, take off, blast off.

Ex: From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground.

Ex: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.

Ex: Dumont was proclaimed the inventor of the aeroplane when his craft took off and flew for 60 meters in front of a crowd on October 23, 1906.

Ex: His dream came true when he finally blasted off into space hoping that he would be just the first of many more Malaysian.

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despegar [A3 ]

vt

1 ‹etiqueta/esparadrapo› to remove, peel off; ‹piezas/ensambladura› to get … unstuck o apart

despegó el sello con vapor she steamed the stamp off

2 ‹manga/cuello› to unpick; ‹botones› to remove

■ despegar

vi

«avión» to take off; «cohete» to lift off, be launched, blast off

el negocio nunca despegó the business never took off o never got off the ground

■ despegarse

v pron

A «sello/etiqueta» to come unstuck, peel off; «esparadrapo» to come unstuck

este niño no se me despega ni un momento this child is always clinging to me o won't leave my side for a moment

B (distanciarse, separarse) «persona»: despegarse DE algn; to distance oneself FROM sb, cut oneself off FROM sb

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despegar (conjugate despegar) verbo transitivo ‹etiqueta/esparadrapo› to remove, peel off;
‹piezas/ensambladura› to get … unstuck o apart;

◊ no despegó los labios she didn't say a word

verbo intransitivo [avión] to take off;

[cohete] to lift off, be launched
despegarse verbo pronominal [sello/etiqueta] to come unstuck, peel off;
[esparadrapo/empapelado] to come off
despegar
I verbo transitivo to take off, detach
II verbo intransitivo
1 Av to take off
2 (afianzarse, mostrar progreso) to take off: las ganancias han despegado, earnings have taken off
'despegar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desprender
- separar
English:
buckle up
- ground
- lift off
- take off
- blast
- detach
- lift
- peel
- take
- unstick

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despegar

♦ vt

1. [pieza, etiqueta] to remove (de from);

¿puedes despegarme la tirita? can you take this Br plaster o US Band-Aid® off?;

despegue la etiqueta del envase take the label off the container;

Comp

no despegó los labios she didn't utter a word

2. CAm, Méx [caballos] to unhitch

♦ vi

1. [avión] to take off;

[cohete] to take off, to blast off;

(estamos) listos para despegar (we're) ready for take-off

2. [empresa, equipo] to take off;

la compañía no acaba de despegar the company hasn't really been able to take off

♦ See also the pronominal verb despegarse

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despegar

I v/t remove, peel off

II v/i AVIA, fig

take off

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despegar {52} vt

: to remove, to detach

despegar vi

: to take off, to lift off, to blast off

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despegar vb

1. (separar) to remove

despegó la etiqueta del libro he removed the label from the book

2. (avión) to take off [pt. took; pp. taken]

el avión despegó a las seis the plane took off at six o'clock

3. (cohete) to lift off / to blast off