Breakdown of A furia di causare attrito, il materiale avrà un cedimento, il che è pericoloso.
essere
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
pericoloso
dangerous
avere
to have
il materiale
the material
il che
which (referring to a whole clause)
causare
to cause
a furia di
through sheer / by dint of
l'attrito
the friction (m)
il cedimento
the collapse / the giving way
Questions & Answers about A furia di causare attrito, il materiale avrà un cedimento, il che è pericoloso.
What exactly does a furia di mean here, and can I use a forza di instead?
Yes, a forza di is completely interchangeable with a furia di. Both translate to "by dint of" or "from repeatedly doing something". They are used to express a consequence that happens because of a repeated or continuous action. Since this is an implicit clause, it must be followed by an infinitive, which is why we see causare.
Does the subject of causare have to be the same as the subject of the main clause?
Yes. Because a furia di causare is an implicit clause (meaning it uses an infinitive rather than a conjugated verb), grammatical rules dictate that its subject must match the subject of the main clause. In this sentence, il materiale is both the thing causing the friction and the thing that will yield.
Why does the sentence say avrà un cedimento instead of just using the verb cederà?
You could definitely say il materiale cederà (the material will yield), and it would be grammatically correct. However, using the noun phrase avrà un cedimento (literally "will have a yielding" or "will suffer a structural failure") sounds slightly more technical, which perfectly fits the physics and engineering context of friction and material stress.
Why is it il che instead of just che or cui for the word "which"?
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