Learn Italian: La pubblicità ci attrae e finiamo per spendere soldi inconsapevolmente. - Advertising attracts us and we end up spending money unknowingly.

This uses the construction finire per + infinitive, which specifically means "to end up doing" something. If you used finire di, as in finiamo di spendere, it would mean "we finish spending" (as in, completing the action of spending), which completely changes the meaning!

What verb is attrae, and why does it look irregular?

It is the third-person singular of attrarre (to attract). It looks unusual because it is built on the highly irregular root verb trarre (to pull or draw). It follows the same pattern: io attraggo, tu attrai, lui/lei attrae.

La pubblicità ends in an accented -à. Can it also be plural?

Yes, Italian nouns ending in an accented vowel are invariable, meaning their ending doesn't change in the plural. Le pubblicità would mean "the advertisements" or "the commercials". However, in this sentence, it's used as a singular noun to refer to the broader, uncountable concept of "advertising".

Inconsapevolmente is a very long word! Is there an easy way to break it down?