bala perdida

Portuguese

Noun

bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)

1. stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)

Spanish

Noun

bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)

1. stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
2. (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], 2024 December 10