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bruces

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
caerse de bruces loc verb	(caerse de frente)	fall flat on your face v expr
darse de bruces loc verb	(chocar de frente)	fall face down v expr
	(figurative)	fall flat on your face v expr
		go head first v expr
	El niño se dio de bruces contra la pared.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The boy slipped off the log and fell face down.
	The child went head first into the wall.
darse de bruces loc verb	figurado (hallar de improviso)	come across by accident expr
		bump into, run into vtr phrasal insep
	Los científicos se dieron de bruces contra el descubrimiento.
	The scientists came across the discovery by accident.
de bruces loc adv	(de cara, boca abajo)	face down adv
	Pedro se cayó de bruces al piso.
	Pedro fell face down to the floor.
irse de boca, caerse de boca, caerse de bruces, caerse de narices loc verb	coloquial (caerse boca abajo)	fall on your face v expr
		fall face down, fall face first v expr
	(informal)	face plant⇒, face-plant⇒, faceplant⇒ vi
	El niño se fue de boca al piso y empezó a llorar.
irse de bruces, caerse de bruces, caerse de narices, caerse de boca loc verb	coloquial (caerse de frente)	go headlong, fall flat on your face v expr
	Laura se tropezó y se fue de bruces en plena calle.
	Laura tripped and fell flat on her face in the middle of the street.
irse de trompa, caerse de hocico, caerse de boca, caerse de bruces, caerse de narices loc verb	coloquial (caerse de frente)	take a nose dive, fall flat on your face, fall face down v expr
	(UK, slang)	fall arse over tit v expr

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