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Fatty Acid solubility in water

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I read that free fatty acid is soluble in water due to deprotonation.
When I hear deprotonation, my mind think the free FA was deprotonated by a strong base (NaOH) to make a salt, so then its soluble in water? despite the long non-polar chain? Is this true?

I understand that triacyl glyceride would be not soluble. They need an emulsifier to be digested.

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