despegar Future Conjugation
despegar — to unstick
The future of despegar is regular: despegaré, despegarás, despegará, despegaremos, despegaréis, despegarán.
despegar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to talk about when a plane will take off or when you plan to unstick something in the future.
Notes on despegar in the Future
Despegar is fully regular in the future tense. Just add the future endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
El cohete despegará mañana por la mañana.
The rocket will take off tomorrow morning.
él/ella/usted
Despegaré las pegatinas cuando llegue a casa.
I will unstick the stickers when I get home.
yo
Pronto despegaremos hacia nuestro destino.
Soon we will take off toward our destination.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent marks on the endings.
Correct: despegarás, despegará, etc.
Why: Future tense endings for -ar verbs always require accents except for the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despego
Despegar is completely regular in the present tense: despego, despegas, despega, despegamos, despegáis, despegan.
Preterite
yo: despegué
The preterite of despegar is regular except for the 'yo' form: despegué, despegaste, despegó, despegamos, despegasteis, despegaron.
Imperfect
yo: despegaba
The imperfect of despegar is regular: despegaba, despegabas, despegaba, despegábamos, despegabais, despegaban.
Conditional
yo: despegaría
The conditional of despegar is regular: despegaría, despegarías, despegaría, despegaríamos, despegaríais, despegarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despegue
The present subjunctive of despegar features a 'gu' spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound: despegue, despegues, despegue, despeguemos, despeguéis, despeguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: despegara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: despegara, despegaras, despegara, despegáramos, despegarais, despegaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: despega
The imperative uses 'despega' for informal commands and 'despegue(n)' for formal ones.
Negative Imperative
yo: no despegues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no despegues, no despegue, no despeguemos, no despeguéis, no despeguen.