head over heels

• Expressão idiomática que significa estar profundamente apaixonado por alguém ou totalmente absorto em um estado ou atividade. Também pode descrever um movimento físico de cambalhota ou de cabeça para baixo.

An idiomatic expression meaning to be deeply in love with someone, or to be completely immersed in a particular state or activity. It can also describe a physical tumbling motion.

1. Deeply in loveB1informal

   To be completely and intensely in love with someone.

   Perdidamente apaixonado

   • He fell head over heels for his new neighbor.
   • They are head over heels in love with each other.
   • She was head over heels after their first date.

2. Tumbling or fallingB2informal

   To turn over completely in the air, often in a somersault or fall.

   De cabeça para baixo

   • The child tripped and went head over heels down the hill.
   • He did a head over heels flip into the pool.
   • The acrobat performed a perfect head over heels roll.