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Hanno testato la capacità del server fino a mezzanotte.

Hanno testato la capacità del server fino a mezzanotte.
They tested the server's capacity until midnight.
From Lesson 251:Prepositions of limit (fino a)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Hanno testato la capacità del server fino a mezzanotte.

Why is it fino a mezzanotte and not fino alla mezzanotte?
The word mezzanotte (midnight), just like mezzogiorno (noon), does not take a definite article in Italian when referring to the time of day. So, you just use the simple preposition a with fino to make fino a mezzanotte (until midnight).
I see the verb testato. Is that related to the English word 'test'?
Yes! Testare is a verb borrowed from English and adapted into Italian with an -are ending. You will often see it used in technical, scientific, or IT contexts, like testing a server. In everyday situations, Italians more commonly use provare (to try or test).
The word capacità has an accent on the last letter. How would I say 'capacities' in the plural?
You do not change the word itself. In Italian, feminine nouns ending in an accented -à do not change their spelling in the plural. You just change the article: la capacità (the capacity) becomes le capacità (the capacities).
Why is it del server? How do we know the gender of English words used in Italian?
Foreign words adopted into Italian are almost always treated as masculine by default. Since server is treated as a regular masculine noun starting with a consonant, it takes the article il. This combines with di (of) to make the articulated preposition del (of the).

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