saturación

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin saturatio.

Noun

saturación f (plural saturacións)

1. saturation

Related terms

• saturar

Further reading

• “saturación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der.

Late Latin satur

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Late Latin -ō

Late Latin saturō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Late Latin -tiō

Late Latin satūrātiōnembor.

Spanish saturación

Borrowed from Late Latin satūrātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satuɾaˈθjon/ [sa.t̪u.ɾaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /satuɾaˈsjon/ [sa.t̪u.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: sa‧tu‧ra‧ción

Noun

saturación f (plural saturaciones)

1. saturation
2. weariness
3. satiety

Related terms

• saturar

Further reading

• “saturación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025