Petentul este săturat de amendă.

Petentul is a formal/legal-administrative word. It usually means something like the petitioner, the complainant, or the applicant, depending on context.

A native speaker would usually expect this word in:

• official documents
• court or administrative language
• formal complaints or requests

In everyday speech, people often use more common words instead, depending on the situation.

Because -ul is the definite article for many masculine singular nouns in Romanian.

So:

• petent = petitioner / complainant
• petentul = the petitioner / the complainant

Unlike English, Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

Este is the 3rd person singular present of a fi = to be.

So:

• petentul = the petitioner
• este = is
• săturat = fed up / tired / satiated

It works just like English is in a sentence with a linking verb:

• The petitioner is fed up...

Romanian often drops subject pronouns like he, she, or they, but it does not normally drop the verb este in a sentence like this.

Literally, săturat comes from the idea of being full or satisfied, especially after eating.

But in sentences like this, it is often used figuratively, meaning:

• fed up with
• sick of
• tired of

So here it is not about food. It describes an emotional state: the person has had enough of something.

Yes, but they overlap.

• sătul is often the more common and idiomatic form for fed up in everyday Romanian.
• săturat can also be used, and it is understood, but it may sound a bit more like a participial form or slightly more formal/stiff depending on context.

For many speakers, sunt sătul de... sounds more natural than sunt săturat de... when meaning I’m fed up with...

So a learner may often hear:

• Petentul este sătul de amendă.

But the version with săturat is still understandable.

Because sătul / săturat normally takes de when it means fed up with or tired of.

Examples:

• sătul de zgomot = fed up with the noise
• sătul de așteptare = fed up with waiting
• sătul de amendă = fed up with the fine / with fines

So this is a pattern you should learn as a chunk:

• a fi sătul / săturat de ceva

Even though English uses with, Romanian uses de.

Amendă is the basic singular noun form: a fine.

Amenda is the definite form: the fine.

So:

• amendă = a fine
• amenda = the fine

Romanian does not always use the article in the same places where English does. After prepositions like de, Romanian may leave the noun unarticulated more often than English would.

That means:

• de amendă can sound more general, or depend on context
• de amenda points more clearly to a specific fine

Also notice the spelling change:

• amendă → amenda The final ă becomes a in the definite singular form.

Often, yes.

There is a useful difference:

• este săturat = is fed up
  This describes the person’s current state.

• s-a săturat = got fed up / has become fed up
  This emphasizes the change or the moment of reaching that state.

So:

• Petentul este săturat de amendă = The petitioner is fed up with the fine.
• Petentul s-a săturat de amendă = The petitioner has gotten fed up with the fine.

In many real-life situations, especially complaints, s-a săturat de... can sound more natural and dynamic.

It is grammatically understandable, but it may sound a bit formal or slightly stiff, mainly because of:

• petentul being a bureaucratic word
• săturat being a bit less idiomatic than sătul for some speakers
• de amendă sounding somewhat context-dependent

Depending on what exactly is meant, a Romanian speaker might also say:

• Petentul este sătul de amendă.
• Petentul s-a săturat de amendă.
• Petentul s-a săturat de amenda primită.
• Petentul s-a săturat de amenzi.

The best choice depends on whether you mean:

• one specific fine
• fines in general
• the state of being fed up
• the process of becoming fed up

The Romanian ă is pronounced like a short, neutral vowel, similar to the a in English about or sofa.

So approximately:

• săturat ≈ suh-too-raht
• amendă ≈ ah-men-duh

That is only an approximation, but it helps.

A quick breakdown:

• să-tu-rat
• a-men-dă

The ă is not a strong a sound like in father. It is weaker and more central.