ir de cabeza

Question

Hi all I have two question about ir de cabeza.

La primera pregunta es: What does it mean? I have always undestood it like to be worried or to have a lot of things to worry about. But on Spanishdict it says : to head straight for. Which one is correct? Or are both correct? Because I think it may depend on the context but I'm not sure as that meaning is not here.

La segunda es: There is this sentence: "Ya vuelvo a caer, voy derechito de cabeza." Okay here I understand that to head straight for is appropriate. But what does derechito mean here? I think it is derecho. Then what , ¿este tio se cae por la derecha? Or is this another expression?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

No, derechito is right, it is the diminutive o "derecho", remember that Here in México and in some other countries of Central América we use a lot diminutives, and in the first, yes, it is to head straight for, in fact to be worried or to have a lot of things to worry about are not a meanings of irse de cabeza, at least in México

Answer 2

hmmm, algo sin pensar.

¿Tienes algún ejemplo?

mmm no tengo... :( Pero a él le dije "¿Qué entiendes de ir de cabeza?" y me dijo ésto: "Puede ser esto: que no piensas cuando tienes que decidir hacer algo, lo haces simplemente." - culé, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 3

ir de cabeza. a un sitio: to go straight to a place, no stops

traer a alguien algo de cabeza....to be worried about something

Este asunto me trae de cabeza...no le encuentro solución.

y ahora un amigo mio de Valencia me ha dicho que ir de cabeza también significa "hacer algo sin pensar" es correcto también? Es que como hablan valenciano mas que el español no le puedo confiar... :D - culé, Dec 1, 2010

Answer 4

"derechito" is a diminutive of "derecho" which (in this case) means "directly".