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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014