despegar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
despegar — to unstick
The imperative uses 'despega' for informal commands and 'despegue(n)' for formal ones.
despegar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use the imperative to tell someone to unstick a stamp, a label, or to tell a pilot to take off.
Notes on despegar in the Affirmative Imperative
The formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros' require the 'gu' spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Example Sentences
¡Despega esa pegatina de mi cuaderno!
Unstick that sticker from my notebook!
tú
Despegue el avión ahora, por favor.
Take off the plane now, please.
usted
Despeguemos los carteles viejos hoy.
Let's unstick the old posters today.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'despega' for a formal command.
Correct: despegue
Why: 'Despega' is only for 'tú'. For 'usted', you must use the subjunctive-based form with the 'gu' spelling change.
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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.
Future
yo: despegaré
The future of despegar is regular: despegaré, despegarás, despegará, despegaremos, despegaréis, despegarán.
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.
Negative Imperative
yo: no despegues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no despegues, no despegue, no despeguemos, no despeguéis, no despeguen.