Breakdown of A furia di caricare la struttura, rischiamo un cedimento.
un
a / an (masculine)
la
her/it (direct object)
rischiare
to risk
caricare
to load
la struttura
the structure
a furia di
through sheer / by dint of
il cedimento
the collapse / the giving way
Questions & Answers about A furia di caricare la struttura, rischiamo un cedimento.
Is there a difference between using a furia di and a forza di in this sentence?
No, they are completely interchangeable here. Both expressions mean 'by dint of' or 'by repeatedly doing' something. They emphasize that a continuous or repeated action (in this case, caricare, loading) leads to a specific consequence.
Why do we use the infinitive caricare instead of a conjugated verb if the subject is 'we'?
Because expressions like a furia di end with the preposition di, which requires the following verb to be in the infinitive. This forms an 'implicit clause'. This works perfectly here because the subject of the loading ('we') is the same as the subject of the main sentence ('we' who risk).
I've seen caricare used for charging a phone. Are 'loading' and 'charging' the same word in Italian?
Yes! Caricare covers both 'to load' (like putting weight on a structure, or luggage into a car) and 'to charge' (like a battery or a device). The core idea is adding capacity, weight, or energy to something.
Where does the word cedimento (collapse) come from?
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