What does El Despegue mean?
Practice Version
El Despegue:
Takeoff. El despegue. "El despegue" is the Spanish term for the moment when an aircraft leaves the ground and begins to fly.
Example:
El despegue means “takeoff.” Picture an airplane pinned to the runway by a giant tent PEG. The pilot shouts, “Remove de PEG!”—and WHOOSH, the plane lifts off! Let the “peg” in despegue remind you of that release from the ground. It even fits the Spanish verb despegar, which can mean “to unstick”: takeoff is the plane “unsticking” itself from the runway!
