darse de bruces

Spanish

Verb

darse de bruces (first-person singular present me doy de bruces, first-person singular preterite me di de bruces, past participle dado de bruces)

1. (idiomatic) to fall face down, to go head first
2. (figurative, idiomatic, with "con") to run into, to come across

Further reading

• “dar, o darse, alguien de bruces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014