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saturación

saturation

noun sah-too-rah-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin saturatio, from saturare (to fill full)

Also means

oversaturation

Usage Note

Saturación is used in both technical senses (colour saturation, oxygen saturation) and figurative ones (saturación del mercado, market saturation; saturación de información, information overload). In everyday speech, estar saturado (to be saturated, overwhelmed) is a very common colloquial expression. The verb is saturar and the adjective saturado.

Examples

"La saturación del mercado dificulta la competencia."

Natural Translation

Market saturation makes competition difficult.

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