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to be head over heels in love

French translation: être amoureux comme un fou

16:45 May 2, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: to be head over heels in love
none
SML
France
Local time: 09:07
French translation:être amoureux comme un fou
Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-05-02 17:10:30 (GMT)
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ou fou d\'amour
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 09:07
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7être amoureux comme un fou
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +2aimer quelqu'un à la folie
Jean-Luc Dumont
4 +1être tout tourneboulé par l'amour...
Pierre POUSSIN
5Aimer a en perdre la raison
Nicole Dargere
4 +1pardon pour l'image mais...
Nicole Levesque
5etre fou amoureux / folle amoureuse
zaphod
4être profondément amoureux (euse)
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
4perdre la tête en amour
Genevieve Tournebize
4etre raide dingue amoureux
Isabelle Louis
4être fou d'amour
tmontagna


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
être profondément amoureux (euse)


Explanation:
none needed

Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1162

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
12 mins
disagree  5Q: Profondément implies depth, head over heels is generally an immediate reaction to love. Its emotional, clumsy and lacking in any forethought.
46 mins
neutral  Jean-Luc Dumont: agree with 5q profondément -trop calme :)
1 hr
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
être tout tourneboulé par l'amour...


Explanation:
Littéralement "être cul par dessus tête", mais dans lecontexte, ce serait...osé!

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1497

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: lol - tourneboulé (d'amour) faudra que j'essaie cette position
25 mins
  -> Vous aimerez!
neutral  Pascale Dahan: Very funny :)))))
31 mins
  -> You're too kind!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
perdre la tête en amour


Explanation:
sûr

Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 02:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 29
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
être amoureux comme un fou


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-05-02 17:10:30 (GMT)
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ou fou d\'amour

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 75574
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  fcl: ou follement amoureux
1 min
agree  ALI DJEBLI
2 mins
agree  5Q
25 mins
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
50 mins
agree  nikolao: ou "fou amoureux"
5 hrs
agree  IsaPro: fou d'amour me paraît une très jolie expression.
14 hrs
agree  Magrik
17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
aimer quelqu'un à la folie


Explanation:
.

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 2872

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  fcl
3 hrs
agree  Annike THIERRY: Très bien. Autres possibilites :'Fou amoureux', plus commun, et 'aimer à en perdre la raison' -(Nicole Dargere)plus poétique.
1 day 18 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Aimer a en perdre la raison


Explanation:
Pas tres raisonne, mais possible!

Nicole Dargere
Canada
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 20
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pardon pour l'image mais...


Explanation:
J'ai aussi vu parfois "Être en amour cul par-dessus tête"...

Bon j'ai osé :-S



Nicole Levesque
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.: Si vous osez, je suis d'ac ! Sortir des sentiers battus !
1 hr
  -> oufff merci - je me sens moins seule là ! ;-)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
etre raide dingue amoureux


Explanation:
Tres familier, autre variante
ah l'amuuur !

Isabelle Louis
United States
Local time: 02:07
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 154
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
etre fou amoureux / folle amoureuse


Explanation:
cheers

zaphod
Local time: 09:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 916
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9 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
être fou d'amour


Explanation:
énoncé d'une française

tmontagna
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