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saturer

to saturate

verb sah-too-REH Rare

Also means

to overwhelm (a system or person)

Usage Note

Saturer is used both literally (a sponge saturated with water) and figuratively (a network, a person's attention, or a market). The figurative sense je sature ('I'm fed up / maxed out') is very common in everyday spoken French. The related adjective saturé describes anything pushed to capacity.

Examples

"Le réseau est saturé en ce moment."

Natural Translation

The network is saturated right now.

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