esgotar — meaning in English

English meaning

• deplete verb To make the amount of something smaller by taking part of it away.
• exhaust verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.

Senses

esgotar is used for these senses in English:

• deplete (ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
• sell out To sell all of a product that is in stock.

deplete — full definition

1. verb To make the amount of something smaller by taking part of it away.
2. verb To lessen the quantity of something by removing part of it.
3. verb (chemistry) To use up or separate out a substance taking part in a reaction.
4. verb To lower the level of a substance in the body through medicine, treatment or illness.

exhaust — full definition

1. verb To use up something completely, or to wear someone out.
2. noun The waste gases released by an engine, or the system that carries them out.

Related Portuguese words