Meanings
nounheart to heart (plural heart to hearts)
plural heart to hearts · alternative heart-to-heart
- idiomaticA sincere, serious, or personal conversation.
They sat down and had a long-overdue heart to heart about the future of their relationship.
1 more example
British people in hot weather / Have a heart-to-heart with your sister
1990, “British People in Hot Weather”, in Extricate, performed by The Fall
Translations
Bulgarian интимен, задушевен
- интимен (intimen)sincere, serious, or personal
- задушевен (zaduševen)sincere, serious, or personal
Danish fortrolig
- fortroligsincere, serious, or personal
Hebrew שִׂיחַת נֶפֶשׁ
- שִׂיחַת נֶפֶשׁ (sikhát néfesh)heartfelt conversation
Hungarian nyílt/bizalmas/őszinte/meghitt beszélgetés (négyszemközti), meghitt
- nyílt/bizalmas/őszinte/meghitt beszélgetés (négyszemközti)heartfelt conversation
- meghittsincere, serious, or personal
- bizalmassincere, serious, or personal
- bensőségessincere, serious, or personal
- őszintesincere, serious, or personal
Italian col cuore in mano
- col cuore in manosincere, serious, or personal
Russian с глазу на глаз, задуше́вный
- с глазу на глаз (s glazu na glaz)sincere, serious, or personal
- задуше́вный (zadušévnyj)sincere, serious, or personal
Swedish förtrolig, öppen
- förtroligsincere, serious, or personal
- öppensincere, serious, or personal
Tagalog puso sa puso
- puso sa pusosincere, serious, or personal
Cite this entry
APA
heart to heart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20to%20heart
MLA
“heart to heart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20to%20heart. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart to heart,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20to%20heart.
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