Word
Ci abbiamo messo mille ore per inventare questo elettrodomestico ipertecnologico!
Meaning
It took us a thousand hours to invent this ultra-technological home appliance!
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Ci abbiamo messo mille ore per inventare questo elettrodomestico ipertecnologico!
questo
this (masculine)
per
for / in order to / because of
l'ora
hour
inventare
to invent
Questions & Answers about Ci abbiamo messo mille ore per inventare questo elettrodomestico ipertecnologico!
What does the prefix iper- add to tecnologico in this sentence?
Could we have used stra- instead of iper- here, such as stratecnologico?
You could, but it changes the tone. While stra-, arci-, and iper- all express absolute excess, iper- sounds more precise and is the natural choice for tech and science words. Stra- is highly colloquial and mostly used with everyday adjectives like strapieno (completely full) or strabello (gorgeous). Saying stratecnologico would sound very informal.
Why does the sentence use Ci abbiamo messo instead of Ci sono volute?