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Bravo

1. The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English

Noun

bravo ‎(plural bravos or bravoes)

1. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
   • 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753):

     As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him.

   • 1911, H. Rider Haggard, Red Eve:

     "Why should I fight the King of England's bravoes?" inquired Acour in a languid voice of those who stood about him, a question at which they laughed.

   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, page 104:

     Because the headache will always be there, a weapon that never wears out and is as deadly as the bravo’s rapier or Lucrezia's poison vial.

2. A shout of "bravo!"
   • 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray:

     There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest.

3. The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Synonyms

• (hired soldier): see Wikisaurus:mercenary

Translations

Interjection

bravo!

1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

   Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

Usage notes

Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms brave (feminine) and bravi (masculine or mixed).

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:well done

Related terms

• bravissimo

Translations

Verb

bravo ‎(third-person singular simple present bravos, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)

1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
   • 1910, May Agnes Fleming, The Baronet's Bride:

     "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?"

   • 1899, Richard Le Gallienne, Young Lives:

     Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.

French

Etymology

From Italian bravo, a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

Pronunciation

Interjection

bravo

1. bravo!, hear, hear!, well said!, well done!

Noun

bravo m ‎(plural bravos)

1. (in the plural) applause, cheers
2. swordsman

Synonyms

• (2) spadassin

Related terms

• bravache
• bravade
• brave
• bravement
• braver
• bravoure

Italian

Etymology

From a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus; or else misread from Latin brana, from Old French brahaigne, "barren".^[1] French and English brave derived from it. Also possibly from a root *bravus, from bravium.

Adjective

bravo m ‎(feminine singular brava, masculine plural bravi, feminine plural brave) (superlative bravissimo)

1. (used before the noun) good, well-behaved
2. good, skilful, capable, clever, fine
3. good, obedient
4. (obsolete) brave, bold
5. (obsolete, of animals) wild, untamed
6. (obsolete, of places) harsh

Related terms

• bravaccio
• bravamente
• bravare
• bravata
• bravazzo
• braveria
• bravino
• bravura

Interjection

bravo! m (f brava!, m pl bravi!, f pl brave!)

1. well done!, good show!
2. (theater) bravo!

References

1. ↑ http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/brave-etymology-word-origin/

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.vu/
• Hyphenation: bra‧vo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bravo, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

Alternative forms

• brabo (colloquial)

Adjective

bravo m ‎(feminine singular brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas, comparable)

1. (colloquial) angry
2. (poetic) brave; bold; courageous

Inflection

Synonyms

• (angry): raivoso, enraivecido
• (brave): corajoso

Related terms

• bravura
• embravecer

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo!

1. bravo! well done!

Spanish

Etymology

Fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾabo/, [ˈbɾäβ̞o̞]

Adjective

bravo m ‎(feminine singular brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas)

1. angry, furious
2. bold, courageous
3. skilful, capable, clever, fine
4. good, excellent
5. agitated (sea)

Synonyms

• (courageous): valiente
• (furious): fiero, salvaje (animal)
• (angry): enojado, enfadado

Interjection

¡bravo! m (f ¡brava!, m pl ¡bravos!, f pl ¡bravas!)

1. (in general use) well done!, good show!
2. (at the theatre, etc) bravo!

Related terms

• bravamente
• bravear
• bravero
• braveza
• bravío
• bravucón
• bravura
• desbravar
• embravecer