English

Etymology
From New Latin saturatus, perfect passive participle of saturare, from saturus, future passive participle, from satis, enough.

Verb
en-verb|saturat|ing

1. To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; imbue.

#: After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.

1. To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

#: One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

Translations
trans-top|To become penetrated or soaked
Finnish: kyllästää, kastella läpimärkä|läpimäräksi
Norwegian: gjennomvæte
trans-mid
Portuguese: saturar
trans-bottom

trans-top|To cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold
Norwegian: mette
trans-mid
Portuguese: saturar
trans-bottom

Related terms
sate
satis
satisfy

Category:Liquids

Italian

Verb
saturate

1. form of|second-person|Second-person plural present tense|saturare#Italian|saturare|lang=Italian
2. form of|Second-person plural imperative|saturare#Italian|saturare|lang=Italian
3. form of|feminine|Feminine plural|saturato

Category:Italian past participle forms
Category:Italian verb forms

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