saturado

adj.

saturated, full, glutted, saturate.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: saturar.

* * *

saturado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=saturar}}saturar

► adjetivo

1 saturated

2 figurado sick, tired

* * *

ADJ saturated

* * *

-da adjetivo

a) (Fís, Quím) saturated

b) <mercado> saturated; <líneas telefónicas> busy, engaged (BrE)

c) (fam) <persona>

están saturados de trabajo — they're up to their eyes in work (colloq)

acabamos saturados de cine — we had our fill of cinema

* * *

= saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], sated, oversupplied.

Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.

Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

Ex. This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.

Ex. The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.

----

* ácido graso saturado = saturated fatty acid.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.

* saturado de = oiled by/with.

* * *

-da adjetivo

a) (Fís, Quím) saturated

b) <mercado> saturated; <líneas telefónicas> busy, engaged (BrE)

c) (fam) <persona>

están saturados de trabajo — they're up to their eyes in work (colloq)

acabamos saturados de cine — we had our fill of cinema

* * *

= saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], sated, oversupplied.

Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.

Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

Ex: This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.

Ex: The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.

* ácido graso saturado = saturated fatty acid.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.

* saturado de = oiled by/with.

* * *

saturado -da

adjective

1 (Fís, Quím) saturated

2 ‹mercado› saturated; ‹líneas telefónicas› busy, engaged (BrE)

una semana saturada de compromisos urgentes a week full of urgent appointments

3 (fam) ‹persona›

están saturados de trabajo they're up to their eyes in work (colloq), they're snowed under with work

llévate a los niños de paseo que me tienen saturado take the kids for a walk, I've had enough of them o I've had it up to here with them (colloq)

* * *

Del verbo saturar: (conjugate saturar)

saturado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
saturado    
saturar
saturado

◊ -da adjetivo (en general) saturated;

‹líneas telefónicas› busy, engaged (BrE)
saturar (conjugate saturar) verbo transitivo
to saturate
saturar verbo transitivo to saturate, flood
Fís Quím to saturate
'saturado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cargada
- cargado
English:
saturated

* * *

saturado, -a adj

1. [persona]

estar saturado de trabajo to be up to one's neck in work;

estoy saturado de comida I've had as much as I can to eat;

estoy saturado de deporte en televisión I've had my fill of TV sport

2. [mercado, espacio aéreo] saturated;

las líneas telefónicas están saturadas the telephone lines are saturated;

el mercado está saturado de imitaciones the market is saturated with imitations

3. Quím saturated (de with)