de tomballons
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Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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