Spanish-English translations for bala

bullet
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Were the bullets Spanish or Moroccan? ¿Balas españolas, balas marroquíes? Even the 'bullet in the head' option has been discussed. Incluso se ha tratado la opción de la «bala en la cabeza». Sadly they see only a rain of bullets. Lamentablemente lo único que ven es una lluvia de balas.
bale
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The result is that the world price for a bale of cotton has fallen by half since 1990. El resultado es que el precio mundial de una bala de algodón se ha reducido a la mitad desde 1990. A bale of hay costs five times as much in the Western Isles as it does just outside the nearest city of Inverness. Una bala de heno cuesta cinco veces más en las Islas Occidentales que en las afueras de la ciudad más cercana, Inverness.

shot
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Thirty-seven people were shot and injured by plastic bullets. Treinta y siete personas fueron tiroteadas y resultaron heridas con balas de plástico. To speak metaphorically, it has one last shot. Por usar una metáfora, digamos que le queda una última bala que disparar. If this last shot fails to hit the target, the damage could be severe. Si esta última bala no acierta en el blanco, el daño podría ser grave.
ball
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a ball of spittle; a fecal balla ball of wool; a ball of twinethe ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot
slug
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to slug a gunHe insulted my mother, so I slugged himThe fighter slugged his opponent into unconsciousness