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La Palabra del Día; el agotamiento

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{el agotamiento} (noun) exhaustion; selling-out, exhaustion of reserves

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Estos estudiantes están sufriendo de agotamiento debido a la falta de sueño.

These students are suffering from exhaustion due to lack of sleep.

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updated Feb 25, 2015
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
Estos alumnos están sufriendo de la pereza. jaja - benweck, Dec 4, 2010
Hmmm It's really more common "...muestran síntomas de agotamiento debido a la falta de sueño" - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
In any case, they are "sufriendo de agotamiento" not "del". Hi, sanlee!! - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
Great mi hermana . - ray76, Dec 4, 2010
¡Gracias, Cogumela! - sanlee, Dec 4, 2010
Hey, thanks, Ray, as always. Some of these words are hard to describe....I could say, I am exhausted, but that isn't qutie the same.... - sanlee, Dec 4, 2010

18 Answers

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Después de un largo día de perseguirse la cola, Sparky cayó rendido en el sofá, al borde del agotamiento.

After a long day of chasing his tail, Sparky fell onto the sofa, bordering on the edge of exhaustion.

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updated Dec 15, 2010
edited by Echoline
posted by Echoline
hehehe. Cute! "...día persiguiendo su cola, Sparky cayó rendido en el sofá, al borde del agotamiento" :) - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
you can also say "de perseguirse la cola" ( femenine ) ;) - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
I don't understand why you use the possessive adjective "su" in your suggested change "día persiguiendo su cola" instead of the definite article "el" or "la"? - amaken, Dec 4, 2010
because in perseguirse is already implicit "his tail" (reflexive "se"), but it is not implicit in persiguiendo - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
so, if you say persiguiendo la cola... it seems like he is behind other animal's tail. - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
Take a look at your PM, amaken ! - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
But cogu, we've been taught not to use personal pronouns with body parts... - Echoline, Dec 4, 2010
Aha! I see now, thank you! - amaken, Dec 5, 2010
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A veces el peor tratamiento para eL agotamiento es la medicina.

( Sometimes the worst treatment for exhaustion is medicine. )

Please correct my mistakes..red face

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updated Dec 5, 2010
edited by sv2qp
posted by sv2qp
"...el peor tratamiento para el agotamiento es... " :) Nice pic, sv2qp! - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
Gracias cogu.. :) - sv2qp, Dec 4, 2010
"...worst treatment for exhaustion is.." :) - galsally, Dec 4, 2010
thanks Sally.. lo siento .. ¡la pluma lo hizo! :) - sv2qp, Dec 4, 2010
jeje! - galsally, Dec 5, 2010
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Después de charlar con sus amigos, el gato estaba agotado y no podo ir a cenar.

After chatting with its friends, the cat was suffering from exhaustion and couldn't make it to dinner.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by 001a2987
posted by 001a2987
Cute! - --Mariana--, Dec 4, 2010
'Después de charlar', 'el gato estaba agotado', 'y no pudo ir a cenar' ('sufriendo de agotamiento' can't be used figuratively. In Spanish this sounds as if you had been working 10 hours straight carrying heavy loads, and were literally unable to move) - bill1111, Dec 4, 2010
Gracias Marianne! - 001a2987, Dec 4, 2010
Gracias por las correcciones, Billstpor. (I don't know - the cat does look pretty tired - jejeje) - 001a2987, Dec 4, 2010
I love this one! - sanlee, Dec 4, 2010
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El agotamiento de los recursos de la Tierra es un problema real para el futuro.

The exhaustion of Earth's resources is a real problem for the future.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by benweck
posted by benweck
"...para el futuro". - cogumela, Dec 4, 2010
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Empty Shelves

Emergency! The supply of chachkies is exhaused!

¡Emergencia! ¡El suministro de chucherías estuvo agotamiento!

updated Dec 5, 2010
edited by Leatha
posted by Leatha
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Los compradores hicieron fila durante horas, por temor del agotamiento de las nuevas iPads.

Shoppers stood in line for hours, fearing that the new iPads would sell out.

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updated Dec 5, 2010
posted by KevinB
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Nueva señal de alerta que se publican en SpanishDict.com: "Precaución, también muchas horas en SpanishDict.com puede causar agotamiento".


New warning sign being posted on SpanishDict.com: “Caution, too many hours on SpanishDict.com can cause exhaustion”.

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updated Dec 5, 2010
posted by Rolest
Very true! - sanlee, Dec 4, 2010
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Debido a la falta de sueño Agotamiento, puede causar un desglose de las capacidades cognitivas.

Exhaustion due to lack of sleep ,can cause a breakdown of cognitive abilities.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
el agotamiento por la falta de sueño puede causar un fallo(=failure,breakdown) de las capacidades cognitivas. - lukaaxx, Dec 4, 2010
desglose=apportionment - lukaaxx, Dec 4, 2010
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El hombre sufre del agotamiento para calor.

The man suffers from heat exhaustion.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
posted by Brynleigh
That looks like a picture from the Boy Scout Handbook. (Or the way it looked in 1970 or so) - Goyo, Dec 4, 2010
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Una de las primera señales de agotamiento por calor puede ser el dolor de cabeza.

One of the first signs of heat exhaustion can be a headache.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
This would be perfect if you continued the sentence. If you only say 'el dolor de cabeza', you would need to make the subject and the verb singular: 'Una de las primeras.. puede ser..' - bill1111, Dec 4, 2010
Gracias, Guillermo! - --Mariana--, Dec 4, 2010
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La falta de una hidratación apropiada puede resultar en un golpe de calor y agotamiento.

The lack of proper hydration can lead to heat stroke and exhaustion.

updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by 0066c384
posted by 0066c384
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Los boletos se agotaron en seguida.

The tickets sold out almost immediately

updated Dec 5, 2010
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
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El agotamiento de las reservas en una cuenta de ahorros podría causa una persona preocupar por su futuro financiero.

The exhaustion of reserves in a savings account might cause a person to worry about their financial future.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by bandit51jd
posted by bandit51jd
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El agotamiento nos hace parar y dar a nuestro cuerpo el tiempo necesario para recuperar.

Exhaustion makes us stop and give to our body the time needed to recover.

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by luz_72
posted by luz_72
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Es un mundo de perros llena de agotamiento!

It's a dog's world filled with exhaustion!!

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updated Dec 4, 2010
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd