Spanish word

agotar

Pronunciation

IPA/aɣoˈtaɾ/

Meaning

  • verbuse up

Example

He agotado la batería del teléfono.

I have used up the phone's battery.

Illustration for agotar (use up)

More examples

El viaje nos agotó a todos.

The trip exhausted us all.

Core concept

An empty gas tank.

Common phrases

  • agotar a alguien

    exhaust someone

  • agotar las existencias

    use up the stock

  • agotar un tema

    exhaust a topic

Similar words

gastar: Spends money, time, or effort, reducing available resources.
consumir: Consumes materials or energy through use, causing depletion.
acabar: Ends an action, event, or process.
terminar: Finishes an activity or piece of work.

Definition in Spanish

Acabar o gastar totalmente una cosa; también emplearlo para expresar que una actividad deja a una persona muy cansada.

Word origin

From Latin exhaurire 'draw out', Spanish agotar developed the sense of finishing or using something up completely and by extension exhausting a person.

Usage tips

  • With 'se' agotar often reports that something ran out on someone, while the active form points to who used the thing up.

Other meanings

  • tireverb
  • sell outverb

Opposites

  • reponerreplenishverb
  • ahorrarsaveverb

Related words

  • agotadoexhaustedadjective
  • agotadorexhaustingadjective

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