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Se fosse dotato di dinamismo, avrebbe raggiunto il record.

Se fosse dotato di dinamismo, avrebbe raggiunto il record.
If he were gifted with dynamism, he would have reached the record.
From Lesson 322:Mixed conditionals: present condition, past result·Italian

Questions & Answers about Se fosse dotato di dinamismo, avrebbe raggiunto il record.

Why use the imperfect subjunctive (fosse) with the past conditional (avrebbe raggiunto) instead of matching the tenses?
This is a mixed conditional. It mixes a present or ongoing condition (he lacks dynamism in general, so we use the imperfect subjunctive fosse) with a past result (the event is already over, so we use the past conditional avrebbe raggiunto).
How does the word dotato work here, and why does it take the preposition di?
Dotato means gifted or endowed. In Italian, it must be followed by the preposition di to introduce the skill, trait, or quality a person possesses. It acts as an adjective here, which is why it agrees with the subject.
Could the subject of this sentence be 'she' or formal 'you' since fosse and avrebbe are just third-person singular?
No, the subject must be masculine. Even though the verb conjugations can apply to he, she, or formal you, the adjective dotato ends in -o. If the subject were female, the sentence would be Se fosse dotata...
Is the English loanword record treated differently in Italian grammar?
Foreign loanwords ending in a consonant, like record, are almost always masculine in Italian. They are also invariable, meaning the word does not change in the plural, so 'the records' would simply be i record.

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