saturar
/sɐ.tu.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“saturar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #71,334 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #71,334
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - encher completamente; embeber, impregnar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saturar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sɐ.tu.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saturar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for saturar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɐ.tu.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,334 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saturar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is saturar, spelled S-A-T-U-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1encher completamente; embeber, impregnar
- 2saciar, satisfazer
- 3dissolver a máxima quantidade de uma substância em um líquido
- 4combinar com (um corpo) a máxima quantidade de uma substância
- 5aborrecer, entediar, fartar
- 6neutralizar (ácido) mediante a ação de uma base
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “saturar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-T-U-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɐ.tu.ˈɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.