bravo
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian bravo.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bravo (plural bravos or bravoes)
- A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
- 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)[1]:
- 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[2]:
- "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, p. 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.
- 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)[1]:
- A shout of "bravo!"
- 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray[3]:
- There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest.
- 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray[3]:
- The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Translations [edit]
Interjection [edit]
bravo!
- Used to express appreciation, especially to a performer.
- Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!
Usage notes [edit]
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).
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Translations [edit]
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Verb [edit]
bravo (third-person singular simple present bravos, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)
- To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
- 1910, May Agnes Fleming, The Baronet's Bride[4]:
- "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?"
- 1899, Richard Le Gallienne, Young Lives[5]:
- Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.
- 1910, May Agnes Fleming, The Baronet's Bride[4]:
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian bravo, a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Interjection [edit]
bravo
- bravo!, hear, hear!, well said!, well done!
Noun [edit]
bravo m (plural bravos)
Synonyms [edit]
- (2) spadassin
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus. French and English brave derived from it. Also possibly from a root *bravus < bravium.
Adjective [edit]
bravo m (f brava, m plural bravi, f plural brave) (superlative bravissimo)
Interjection [edit]
bravo! m (f brava!, m pl bravi!, f pl brave!)
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Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.
Adjective [edit]
bravo m (feminine brava plural bravos feminine plural bravas; comparable)
Inflection [edit]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| positive | bravo | brava | bravos | bravas |
| comparative | mais bravo | mais brava | mais bravos | mais bravas |
| superlative | o mais bravo bravíssimo |
a mais brava bravíssima |
os mais bravos bravíssimos |
as mais bravas bravíssimas |
Interjection [edit]
bravo!
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Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.
Adjective [edit]
bravo m (feminine brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas)
Synonyms [edit]
Interjection [edit]
¡bravo!
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- French nouns
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