de tomballons
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom tomballó.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [də tum.bəˈʎons]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də tom.bəˈʎons]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de tom.baˈʎons]
Adverb
edit- tumbling, head over heels
- Synonym: tomballant
- anar de tomballons ― to go end over end
- (figurative) pear-shaped, awry
- El seu matrimoni anava de tomballons. ― Their marriage went to pieces.
Further reading
edit- “tomballó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024