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I ladri hanno rubato i soldi da tutte le casseforti.

I ladri hanno rubato i soldi da tutte le casseforti.
The thieves stole the money from all the safes.
From Lesson 270:Plural compound nouns·Italian

Questions & Answers about I ladri hanno rubato i soldi da tutte le casseforti.

Why is the plural of the word for safes casseforti instead of cassaforti?
Casseforti is a compound noun made of a noun (cassa, meaning box or chest) and an adjective (forte, meaning strong). In Italian, when a feminine compound noun is formed by a noun plus an adjective, both parts usually change to plural. So, the singular cassa becomes casse and forte becomes forti, resulting in casseforti.
Why is money translated as the plural i soldi here? Isn't money singular?
In English, money is an uncountable singular noun. However, in Italian, it is almost always expressed in the masculine plural as i soldi. If you use the singular il soldo, it sounds like you are talking about one single coin.
Why is it da tutte le casseforti instead of just da tutte casseforti?
In Italian, when you use a form of tutto (all) to describe a specific noun, you must always put the definite article between tutto and the noun. Since casseforti is feminine plural, you need tutte le (all the).
Why doesn't the past participle rubato change to rubati to match i soldi?
When forming the passato prossimo (the past tense used here) with the helper verb avere, the past participle (rubato) only changes its ending if it is preceded by a direct object pronoun (like li or le). Because the actual noun i soldi comes after the verb here, rubato keeps its default -o ending.

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