bala perdida
Portuguese
Noun
bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)
- stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
Spanish
Noun
bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)
- stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
- (idiomatic) loose cannon
Further reading
- “bala perdida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024