"darse de bruces"

Question

Se me dijo que esta frase significada " to bump against." Encontré muchos definitos pero no puedo encontrar este definito. ¿Es bueno para usar en esta manera? ? Cuál pais? Pat

Answer 1

I think that works if you use 'con'; darse de bruces con = to bump into Otherwise it means face down, eg. se cayó de bruces = he fell flat on his face

Thanks, Kiwi Girl, I notice you dropped the 'de' between darse and bruces. So I could say "me doy bruces con un pared." - patc, Mar 15, 2012

good catch Patc, my mistake sorry, I've corrected it - it's darse 'de'bruces con. Actually I don't know that you can use it to bump into things the only way I've seen it is - to bump into a person - not literally either lol - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 15, 2012

Eg. - me di de bruces con Miguel ayer. I bumped into, ran into Miguel yesterday. (ie. I happened to see) I hope that helps :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 15, 2012

Answer 2

Oh!! Ahora veo. No di cuenta es figurativo!! Muchisimo gracias!!!!! Pat

de nada :) bueno solo es que no lo he visto usado literalmente pero no es decir que yo se todo je je :) - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 15, 2012