The president made several bald statements about the state of the organization.La presidenta hizo varias declaraciones directas sobre el estado de la organización.
bald patch(on head)calva (f);claro (m);(on animal)calva (f);he can't spend much on the barber's, with that bald head of hiscon lo calvo que está no puede gastar mucho en peluquería;to go baldquedarse calvo
(as) bald as an egg or a cootmás calvo que una bola de billar
the dog had a few bald patches on his back
2(worn)[+tyre]desgastado;gastado;[+lawn]pelado
bald patches on the lawn/carpetcalvas (f) en el césped/la alfombra
there's a bald patch in the middle of the carpetthere are a couple of bald patches on the lawn
these are the bald factsestos son los hechos sin más
The dilemma facing Germans is how to reconcile their fear of nuclear weapons with the bald fact that their closest ally, France, shows no sign of giving them upThomas blurted out the announcement and I spent some moments groping to find the appropriate context. In a state of shock, people often state bald facts without preparatory contextual informationBarings had been rendered effectively bankrupt by liabilities which then stood at 500 million pounds. These are the bald facts