gastado

Gastado is the past participle of the Spanish verb gastar (to spend) and is used as an adjective to denote that something has been spent, used up, or worn through. It can refer to money, time, energy, or materials that have undergone consumption, as well as to objects that have become worn from use.

Gender and number: gastado (masculine singular), gastada (feminine singular), gastados (masculine plural), gastadas (feminine plural). It can appear attributively before a noun or predicatively with copular verbs such as estar, quedar, or llevar. Examples include: “el dinero gastado,” “el tiempo gastado en el proyecto,” “una herramienta gastada,” or “el presupuesto ya está gastado.”

Semantics: gastado emphasizes consumption or wear due to use. It differs from agotado, which generally conveys exhaustion or depletion more strongly. In everyday speech, estar gastado can express fatigue or being worn out, but this usage is more colloquial and regional; for formal contexts, agotado or fatigado are often preferred.

Origin and related forms: gastado is derived from gastar, a verb whose meaning centers on spending or using up resources. Its related noun is gasto (the act or amount of spending). Related verbs include gastar and derrochar. See also: gasto, gastar, agotado.