Italian Word of the Day: Telecomando (remote control)

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).

/te·le·co·màn·do/
italian word telecomando

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.

Hand holding television remote control
Finalmente l’ho trovato! = I finally found it!

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