Agotaste

agotaste is a Spanish verb form. It is the second-person singular pretérito indefinido (simple past) of the verb agotar, meaning that you exhausted, used up, or depleted something in the past.

Meaning and usage

Agotar means to exhaust, deplete, or consume completely, including resources, time, energy, or patience. Agotaste can refer to a completed action directed at a direct object, such as agotaste las existencias, agotaste el tiempo, or agotaste la paciencia. The expression agotó la paciencia is a common idiom used with the third person: alguien agotó la paciencia de alguien más.

Conjugation context

As a regular -ar verb, agotar follows standard endings in the pretérito indefinido: yo agoté, tú agotaste, él/ella agotó, nosotros agotamos, vosotros agotasteis, ellos agotaron. The tú form, agotaste, is frequently used in informal speech and writing to indicate a direct, past action performed by the person addressed.

Related forms

The related adjectives and nouns include agotado (exhausted, depleted), agotamiento (exhaustion or depletion), and agotable (exhaustible). These derivatives are commonly used across contexts such as energy levels, supplies, or time management.

Etymology and usage notes

The term derives from the verb agotar, itself rooted in Spanish and with Latin influence common to many Spanish verbs. Agotar can apply to tangible and intangible resources, making agotaste a widely understood form for describing a completed act of exhausting or using up in the past.