bala perdida

== Portuguese == === Noun === bala perdida f (plural balas perdidas) stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else) === Further reading === “bala perdida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “lost bullet”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbala peɾˈdida/ [ˌba.la peɾˈð̞i.ð̞a] Syllabification: ba‧la per‧di‧da === 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025