saciar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [sə.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.siˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [sa.siˈa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

saciar (first-person singular present sacio, first-person singular preterite sacií, past participle saciat)

1. (transitive) to satiate

   Synonyms: assaciar, sadollar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of saciar (first conjugation)

infinitive			saciar
gerund			saciant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		saciat		saciada
		plural		saciats		saciades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sacio	sacies	sacia	saciem	sacieu	sacien
	imperfect	saciava	saciaves	saciava	saciàvem	saciàveu	saciaven
	future	saciaré	saciaràs	saciarà	saciarem	saciareu	saciaran
	preterite	sacií	saciares	sacià	saciàrem	saciàreu	saciaren
	conditional	saciaria	saciaries	saciaria	saciaríem	saciaríeu	saciarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	saciï	saciïs	saciï	saciem	sacieu	saciïn
	imperfect	saciés	saciessis	saciés	saciéssim	saciéssiu	saciessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sacia	saciï	saciem	sacieu	saciïn
	negative (no)	—	no saciïs	no saciï	no saciem	no sacieu	no saciïn

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “saciar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “saciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “saciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “saciar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English satiate, French rassasier, Italian saziare, Spanish saciar. Decision no. 421, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈt͡si̯ar/

Verb

saciar (present sacias, past saciis, future sacios, conditional sacius, imperative saciez)

1. (transitive) to give a bare sufficiency to, give a minimum to (someone)

   La hungreganteti povis saciar su per pano ed aquo donacita dal voluntarii.

   The starving children were able to get by (in terms of their hunger and thirst) with bread and water donated by the volunteers.

Usage notes

Saturar is to supply the maximum whilst saciar is to supply the minimum sufficient to calm or put a stop to some need. You can saciar your hunger by a piece of bread, your thirst by a large glass of water; but when you saturas yourself by food or drink, you risk running into either bad digestion or drunkenness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of saciar

		present		past		future
infinitive		saciar		saciir		sacior
tense		sacias		saciis		sacios
conditional		sacius		—		—
imperative		saciez		—		—
adjective active participle		sacianta		saciinta		sacionta
adverbial active participle		saciante		saciinte		sacionte
nominal active participle	singular	sacianto		saciinto		sacionto
	plural	sacianti		saciinti		sacionti
adjective passive participle		saciata		saciita		saciota
adverbial passive participle		saciate		saciite		saciote
nominal passive participle	singular	saciato		saciito		sacioto
	plural	saciati		saciiti		sacioti

Derived terms

• nesaciata (“unslaked (thirst, etc.)”)
• nesaciita (“unslaked (thirst, etc.)”)
• saciajo (“a minimum sufficiency”)
• saciesar (“to content oneself; put up with”)
• sacio (“a minimum sufficiency”)

Related terms

• sat
• satisfacar

See also

• saturar

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 423
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 322, 414
• Progreso VI (in Ido), 1913–1914, page 488

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.siˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.siˈa(h)], (faster) /saˈsja(ʁ)/ [saˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.siˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.siˈa(h)], (faster) /saˈsja(ʁ)/ [saˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.siˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /saˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.siˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.siˈa(χ)], (faster) /saˈsja(ʁ)/ [saˈsja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /sa.siˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /saˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈsjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈsjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈsja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sa‧ci‧ar

Verb

saciar (first-person singular present sacio, first-person singular preterite saciei, past participle saciado)

1. (transitive) to sate (satisfy the hunger, thirst or desire of)

   Synonym: matar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	saciar
Personal	saciar	saciares	saciar	saciarmos	saciardes	saciarem
Gerund
	saciando
Past participle
Masculine	saciado			saciados
Feminine	saciada			saciadas
Indicative
Present	sacio	sacias	sacia	saciamos	saciais	saciam
Imperfect	saciava	saciavas	saciava	saciávamos	saciáveis	saciavam
Preterite	saciei	saciaste	saciou	saciamos1, saciámos2	saciastes	saciaram
Pluperfect	saciara	saciaras	saciara	saciáramos	saciáreis	saciaram
Future	saciarei	saciarás	saciará	saciaremos	saciareis	saciarão
Conditional	saciaria	saciarias	saciaria	saciaríamos	saciaríeis	saciariam
Subjunctive
Present	sacie	sacies	sacie	saciemos	sacieis	saciem
Imperfect	saciasse	saciasses	saciasse	saciássemos	saciásseis	saciassem
Future	saciar	saciares	saciar	saciarmos	saciardes	saciarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sacia	sacie	saciemos	saciai	saciem
Negative (não)		não sacies	não sacie	não saciemos	não sacieis	não saciem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “saciar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “saciar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “saciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “saciar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “saciar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “saciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈθjaɾ/ [saˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saˈsjaɾ/ [saˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧ciar

Verb

saciar (first-person singular present sacio, first-person singular preterite sacié, past participle saciado)

1. (transitive) to satiate, sate, satisfy, quench, appease

   Synonym: satisfacer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of saciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			saciar
gerund			saciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		saciado		saciada
		plural		saciados		saciadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sacio	saciastú saciásvos	sacia	saciamos	saciáis	sacian
	imperfect	saciaba	saciabas	saciaba	saciábamos	saciabais	saciaban
	preterite	sacié	saciaste	sació	saciamos	saciasteis	saciaron
	future	saciaré	saciarás	saciará	saciaremos	saciaréis	saciarán
	conditional	saciaría	saciarías	saciaría	saciaríamos	saciaríais	saciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sacie	saciestú saciésvos2	sacie	saciemos	saciéis	sacien
	imperfect (ra)	saciara	saciaras	saciara	saciáramos	saciarais	saciaran
	imperfect (se)	saciase	saciases	saciase	saciásemos	saciaseis	saciasen
	future1	saciare	saciares	saciare	saciáremos	saciareis	saciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		saciatú saciávos	sacie	saciemos	saciad	sacien
	negative		no sacies	no sacie	no saciemos	no saciéis	no sacien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of saciar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive saciar	dative	saciarme	saciarte	saciarle, saciarse	saciarnos	saciaros	saciarles, saciarse
	accusative	saciarme	saciarte	saciarlo, saciarla, saciarse	saciarnos	saciaros	saciarlos, saciarlas, saciarse
with gerund saciando	dative	saciándome	saciándote	saciándole, saciándose	saciándonos	saciándoos	saciándoles, saciándose
	accusative	saciándome	saciándote	saciándolo, saciándola, saciándose	saciándonos	saciándoos	saciándolos, saciándolas, saciándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative sacia	dative	sáciame	sáciate	sáciale	sácianos	not used	sáciales
	accusative	sáciame	sáciate	sácialo, sáciala	sácianos	not used	sácialos, sácialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative saciá	dative	saciame	saciate	saciale	sacianos	not used	saciales
	accusative	saciame	saciate	sacialo, saciala	sacianos	not used	sacialos, sacialas
with formal second-person singular imperative sacie	dative	sácieme	not used	sáciele, sáciese	sácienos	not used	sácieles
	accusative	sácieme	not used	sácielo, sáciela, sáciese	sácienos	not used	sácielos, sácielas
with first-person plural imperative saciemos	dative	not used	saciémoste	saciémosle	saciémonos	saciémoos	saciémosles
	accusative	not used	saciémoste	saciémoslo, saciémosla	saciémonos	saciémoos	saciémoslos, saciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative saciad	dative	saciadme	not used	saciadle	saciadnos	saciaos	saciadles
	accusative	saciadme	not used	saciadlo, saciadla	saciadnos	saciaos	saciadlos, saciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sacien	dative	sácienme	not used	sácienle	sáciennos	not used	sácienles, sáciense
	accusative	sácienme	not used	sácienlo, sácienla	sáciennos	not used	sácienlos, sácienlas, sáciense

Related terms

• saciedad
• sacio

Further reading

• “saciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025