# saturar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saturāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [sə.tuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [sa.tuˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

saturar (first-person singular present saturo, first-person singular preterite saturí, past participle saturat)
* to saturate

#### Related terms

* saturació

### Further reading

* “saturar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “saturar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “saturar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “saturar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English saturate, French saturer, German saturieren, Italian saturare, Spanish saturar. Decision no. 127, Progreso III.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /satuˈrar/

### Verb

saturar (present saturas, past saturis, future saturos, conditional saturus, imperative saturez)
* (transitive) to fill completely
* (transitive) to satiate, glut, saturate, surfeit
* (transitive, chemistry) to unite or dilute until no more can be received

#### Synonyms

* saturigar (archaic)

#### Derived terms

* nesaturebla (“insatiable, insatiate”)
* saturanta
* satureso (“satiety”)

### See also

* saciar

### References

* Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 157, 466

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saturāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sa.tuˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sa.tuˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sa.tuˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sa.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sa.tuˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sa.tuˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.tuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.tuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.tuˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: sa‧tu‧rar

### Verb

saturar (first-person singular present saturo, first-person singular preterite saturei, past participle saturado)
* (transitive) to saturate (cause to become penetrated or soaked)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* saturação

### Further reading

* “saturar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “saturar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “saturar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “saturar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “saturar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saturāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /satuˈɾaɾ/ [sa.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sa‧tu‧rar

### Verb

saturar (first-person singular present saturo, first-person singular preterite saturé, past participle saturado)
* to saturate
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 158:Un olor fétido de azufre saturó el aire de la habitactión.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* saturación

### Further reading

* “saturar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10