Esgotaste

Esgotaste is the second-person singular preterite form of the Portuguese verb esgotar, meaning that you exhausted, used up, or depleted something in the past. It can refer to resources, energy, patience, or options that were completely consumed.

Usage varies by region. In Brazilian Portuguese, the usual spoken form for the second person is você esgotou, so esgotaste is less common there and more typical in Portugal or in contexts that preserve the tú form. The infinitive esgotar and related forms (eu esgotei, ele esgotou, nós esgotamos) show a standard object- and tense-marking pattern: esgotaste is used with a direct object indicating what was exhausted.

Etymology and related terms. Esgotar derives from the common Romance-language verb agotar and is linked to the sense of drawing out completely or depleting. Related forms include esgotado (exhausted) and esgotamento (exhaustion), which describe states or processes resulting from exhaustion or depletion.

Examples. Tu esgotaste as minhas energias depois de longas horas de trabalho. Não há mais recursos; esgotaste o orçamento do mês. Ela esgotou todas as opções disponíveis.

See also. Esgotamento; esgotado; esgotar.