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Agotar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to exhaust, use up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for agotar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to exhaust, use up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | agotar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está agotando) and past continuous (estaba agotando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exhausting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he agotado and hubiera agotado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exhausted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | agotando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | agotado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I exhaust” or “they exhaust”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agoto |
| Tú | agotas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agota |
| Nosotros / as | agotamos |
| Vosotros / as | agotáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotan |
| Vos | agotás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exhausted” or “she exhausted” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agoté | I exhausted |
| Tú | agotaste | You exhausted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotó | He / she / you exhausted |
| Nosotros / as | agotamos | We exhausted |
| Vosotros / as | agotasteis | You exhausted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotaron | They / you exhausted |
| Vos | agotaste | You exhausted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exhausting” or “she was exhausting” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agotaba | I was exhausting |
| Tú | agotabas | You were exhausting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotaba | He was / she was / you were exhausting |
| Nosotros / as | agotábamos | We were exhausting |
| Vosotros / as | agotabais | You were exhausting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotaban | They / you were exhausting |
| Vos | agotabas | You were exhausting |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have exhausted” and “she has exhausted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he agotado | I have exhausted |
| Tú | has agotado | You have exhausted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha agotado | He has / she has / you have exhausted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos agotado | We have exhausted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis agotado | You have exhausted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han agotado | They / you have exhausted |
| Vos | has agotado | You have exhausted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would exhaust” or “she would exhaust”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agotaría | I would exhaust |
| Tú | agotarías | You would exhaust |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotaría | He / she / you would exhaust |
| Nosotros / as | agotaríamos | We would exhaust |
| Vosotros / as | agotaríais | You would exhaust |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotarían | They / you would exhaust |
| Vos | agotarías | You would exhaust |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will exhaust” or “they will exhaust”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a agotar” means “They are going to exhaust”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agotaré | I will exhaust |
| Tú | agotarás | You will exhaust |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotará | He / she / you will exhaust |
| Nosotros / as | agotaremos | We will exhaust |
| Vosotros / as | agotaréis | You will exhaust |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotarán | They / you will exhaust |
| Vos | agotarás | You will exhaust |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agote |
| Tú | agotes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agote |
| Nosotros / as | agotemos |
| Vosotros / as | agotéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agoten |
| Vos | agotes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agotara | agotase |
| Tú | agotaras | agotase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotara | agotase |
| Nosotros / as | agotáramos | agotásemos |
| Vosotros / as | agotarais | agotaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotaran | agotasen |
| Vos | agotaras | agotase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agotare |
| Tú | agotares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agotare |
| Nosotros / as | agotáremos |
| Vosotros / as | agotareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agotaren |
| Vos | agotares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “exhaust!” and “don’t exhaust!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | agota | no agotes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agote | no agote |
| Nosotros / as | agotemos | no agotemos |
| Vosotros / as | agotad | no agotéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agoten | no agoten |
| Vos | agotá | no agotes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya agotado |
| Tú | hayas agotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya agotado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos agotado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis agotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan agotado |
| Vos | hayas agotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera agotado / hubiese agotado |
| Tú | hubieras agotado / hubieses agotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera agotado / hubiese agotado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos agotado / hubiésemos agotado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais agotado / hubieseis agotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran agotado / hubiesen agotado |
| Vos | hubieras agotado / hubieses agotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere agotado |
| Tú | hubieres agotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere agotado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos agotado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis agotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren agotado |
| Vos | hubieres agotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté agotando |
| Tú | estés agotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté agotando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos agotando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis agotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén agotando |
| Vos | estés agotando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera agotando / estuviese agotando |
| Tú | estuvieras agotando / estuvieses agotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera agotando / estuviese agotando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos agotando / estuviésamos agotando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais agotando / estuvieseis agotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera agotando / estuviese agotando |
| Vos | estuvieras agotando / estuvieses agotando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere agotando |
| Tú | estuvieres agotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere agotando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos agotando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis agotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere agotando |
| Vos | estuvieres agotando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos agotás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos agotaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos agotabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos agotarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos agotarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos agotes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos agotaras / Vos agotase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos agotá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no agotes |