bala perdida
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)
- stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas)
- stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
- (idiomatic) loose cannon
Further reading edit
- “bala perdida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014