These days, my son, who is now an extremely inquisitive toddler, can’t keep his hands off the telecomando (remote control) for the television. He’s so obsessed that I might have to buy him one of his own!
Telecomando is formed of two parts: the prefix tele- which means “at or over a long distance” and the noun comando (command, order).
Telecomando is a masculine noun whose plural form is telecomandi.
il telecomando
the remote control
un telecomando
a remote control
i telecomandi
the remote controls
dei telecomandi
(some) remote controls
Non trovo più il telecomando della TV. – Guarda sotto al divano!
I can’t find the TV remote. – Check under the sofa!
When you think of a telecomando, two common devices that most likely pop to mind are the telecomando del televisore / della TV (TV remote) and the telecomando per cancelli / del cancello (remote control for gates).
Closely related to this noun is the verb telecomandare which means to operate by remote control.
