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Avete palesemente incollato la tastiera!

Avete palesemente incollato la tastiera!
You clearly glued the keyboard!
From Lesson 370:Expressing irrelevance (non c'entra niente)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Avete palesemente incollato la tastiera!

Why is palesemente placed right in the middle of avete incollato?
In Italian compound tenses, adverbs of degree, manner, or time are often placed between the auxiliary verb (avete) and the past participle (incollato). While you could say Avete incollato la tastiera palesemente, sandwiching the adverb in the middle is very natural and adds emphasis to how obvious the action was.
What adjective does the adverb palesemente come from?
It comes from palese, which means obvious, clear, or evident. Because palese ends in -e, we just add the adverb suffix -mente to form palesemente. It is an excellent B2-level alternative to ovviamente or chiaramente.
Is incollato related to the Italian word for glue?
Yes! The noun for glue is colla. Italian often creates verbs from nouns by adding the prefix in- and a verb ending like -are. Here, colla becomes incollare (to glue). You can see the same pattern in words like scatola (box) becoming inscatolare (to package).
Since this lesson is about the verb entrarci, how would I use it to deny this accusation?
If someone accuses you of gluing the keyboard and you want to say that you have nothing to do with it, you would use entrarci in the first person: Io non c'entro niente! If you wanted to say the keyboard itself is irrelevant to whatever problem is going on, you would say La tastiera non c'entra!

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