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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