agotamiento

exhaustion

noun ah-goh-tah-MYEN-toh Rare

Also means

depletion

Usage Note

Agotamiento derives from agotar ('to exhaust, to use up'), which comes from gota ('drop') — the idea of draining to the last drop. It applies to both physical tiredness and the depletion of resources: agotamiento de las reservas ('depletion of reserves'). The adjective counterpart is agotado ('exhausted'), common in everyday speech.

Examples

"Cayó rendido por el agotamiento."

Natural Translation

He collapsed from exhaustion.

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