to call it, to predict something, to see it coming
Eu cantei essa bola: falei que ele ia desistir.
I called it: I said he was going to give up.
Dicionário inFormal records cantar a bola in 2025 for announcing something in advance, certain that it will happen. AMB’s sinuca rulebook also has players call the ball and pocket they aim at, but these sources do not establish that the idiom comes from the game.
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