Agotar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb agotar means to exhaust, to use up, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Agotar means to exhaust or to use up, and it covers using up money, time, patience and stock: you exhaust your savings, you use up the tickets, a shop sells out of bread. It also means to tire someone out completely, as in el trabajo me agota. Like every Spanish verb, agotar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say agoto mis ahorros en un mes, and in the preterite you say agoté la paciencia de mi madre. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: agotar
  • English: to exhaust, to use up
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: agotando
  • Past participle: agotado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + agotado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for agotar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Agotar is fully regular: agoté, agotaba, agotaré. Its reflexive partner agotarse means to run out by itself.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for agotar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Form
yo agoto
tú agotas
él/ella/Ud. agota
nosotros/as agotamos
vosotros/as agotáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotan

Preterite

Person Form
yo agoté
tú agotaste
él/ella/Ud. agotó
nosotros/as agotamos
vosotros/as agotasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotaron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo agotaba
tú agotabas
él/ella/Ud. agotaba
nosotros/as agotábamos
vosotros/as agotabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotaban

Future

Person Form
yo agotaré
tú agotarás
él/ella/Ud. agotará
nosotros/as agotaremos
vosotros/as agotaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotarán

Conditional

Person Form
yo agotaría
tú agotarías
él/ella/Ud. agotaría
nosotros/as agotaríamos
vosotros/as agotaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotarían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he agotado
tú has agotado
él/ella/Ud. ha agotado
nosotros/as hemos agotado
vosotros/as habéis agotado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han agotado

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había agotado
tú habías agotado
él/ella/Ud. había agotado
nosotros/as habíamos agotado
vosotros/as habíais agotado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían agotado

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré agotado
tú habrás agotado
él/ella/Ud. habrá agotado
nosotros/as habremos agotado
vosotros/as habréis agotado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán agotado

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría agotado
tú habrías agotado
él/ella/Ud. habría agotado
nosotros/as habríamos agotado
vosotros/as habríais agotado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían agotado

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo agote
tú agotes
él/ella/Ud. agote
nosotros/as agotemos
vosotros/as agotéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. agoten

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo agotara
tú agotaras
él/ella/Ud. agotara
nosotros/as agotáramos
vosotros/as agotarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. agotaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú agota
él/ella/Ud. agote
nosotros/as agotemos
vosotros/as agotad
ellos/ellas/Uds. agoten

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú agotes
él/ella/Ud. agote
nosotros/as agotemos
vosotros/as agotéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. agoten

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund agotando with estar for the progressive: estoy agotando
Past participle agotado with haber for the perfect tenses: he agotado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Agoto mis ahorros en un mes. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, agoté las entradas del concierto. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, agotaba la paciencia de mi madre. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, agotaré el pan de la tienda. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Agotaría mis ahorros en un mes si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he agotado las entradas del concierto. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había agotado la paciencia de mi madre antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré agotado el pan de la tienda. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría agotado mis ahorros en un mes con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él agote las entradas del concierto. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él agotara la paciencia de mi madre, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡agota el pan de la tienda! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agotar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No agotes mis ahorros en un mes. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with agotar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Agoto mis ahorros en un mes. — I exhaust my savings in a month.
  2. Agota las entradas del concierto. — He/she exhausts the concert tickets.
  3. Ayer, agoté la paciencia de mi madre. — Yesterday, I exhausted my mother's patience.
  4. Antes, nosotros agotábamos el pan de la tienda. — Before, we used to exhaust the bread in the shop.
  5. Mañana, tú agotarás mis ahorros en un mes. — Tomorrow, you will exhaust my savings in a month.
  6. Yo agotaría las entradas del concierto si tuviera más tiempo. — I would exhaust the concert tickets if I had more time.
  7. Él ha agotado la paciencia de mi madre. — He has exhausted my mother's patience.
  8. Espero que él agote el pan de la tienda. — I hope he exhausts the bread in the shop.
  9. Yo ya había agotado mis ahorros en un mes antes de salir. — I had already exhausted my savings in a month before leaving.
  10. Ellos agotaban las entradas del concierto cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to exhaust the concert tickets when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo agota mis ahorros en un mes. — Right: Yo agoto mis ahorros en un mes. — The person matters: agota is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is agoto. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Treating agotar and gastar as identical in every context. — Right: Agotar means to exhaust, to use up, while gastar means to spend money or resources. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: agotar fits sentences such as Agoto mis ahorros en un mes, while gastar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy agotado las entradas del concierto. — Right: Yo he agotado las entradas del concierto. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he agotado, has agotado, ha agotado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo agoté la paciencia de mi madre todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo agotaba la paciencia de mi madre todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (agotaba), not the preterite. The preterite (agoté) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on agotar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ mis ahorros en un mes. (present tense) A. agoto B. agotas C. agota D. agotamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ las entradas del concierto. (preterite) A. agoté B. agotaste C. agotaron D. agotó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ la paciencia de mi madre. (imperfect) A. agotabas B. agotaban C. agotábamos D. agotaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ el pan de la tienda. (future) A. agotaremos B. agotarás C. agotaré D. agotará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ mis ahorros en un mes si pudiera. (conditional) A. agotaría B. agotarías C. agotarían D. agoto

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ las entradas del concierto. (present subjunctive) A. agotes B. agotemos C. agoto D. agote

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ la paciencia de mi madre, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. agotáramos B. agoto C. agotara D. agotaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el pan de la tienda. (present perfect) A. han agotado B. hemos agotado C. he agotado D. has agotado

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ mis ahorros en un mes! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. agota B. agote C. agotemos D. agotad

  10. Which is the gerund of agotar, used with estar for the progressive? A. agotado B. agoto C. agoté D. agotando

Answer key

  1. agoto — The first-person present of agotar is agoto. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. agotó — The third-person preterite of agotar is agotó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. agotábamos — The nosotros imperfect of agotar is agotábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. agotarás — The second-person future of agotar is agotarás.
  5. agotaría — The first-person conditional of agotar is agotaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. agote — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of agotar is agote.
  7. agotara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of agotar is agotara.
  8. hemos agotado — The nosotros present perfect of agotar is hemos agotado: hemos + agotado.
  9. agota — The affirmative tú imperative of agotar is agota.
  10. agotando — The gerund of agotar is agotando: estoy agotando. The participle agotado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does agotar mean in English?

Agotar means to exhaust, to use up. It is used in everyday situations such as Agoto mis ahorros en un mes. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is agotar regular or irregular?

Agotar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including agoto in the present and agoté in the preterite.

What is the difference between agotar and gastar?

Agotar means to exhaust, to use up, while gastar means to spend money or resources. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use agotar when you mean to exhaust, to use up, as in Agoto mis ahorros en un mes, and use gastar for to spend money or resources. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I exhaust” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo agoté las entradas del concierto. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo agotaba la paciencia de mi madre. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he agotado las entradas del concierto.

How do I practise agotar?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the agotar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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