despegue
Spanish, noun
despegue is spelled D-E-S-P-E-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despegue is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “takeoff (rising of an aircraft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of despegar. With an accent, despegué is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of despegar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de despegar”.
What does despegue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetakeoff (rising of an aircraft)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of despegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de despegar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of despegue
- despegues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to despegue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despegue in Spanish?
despegue appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).