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5-letter words (1 found)

BRAVO,

4-letter words (4 found)

ARVO,BOAR,BORA,VOAR,

3-letter words (18 found)

ABO,ARB,AVO,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOR,BRA,BRO,OAR,OBA,ORA,ORB,OVA,RAV,ROB,VAR,VOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AR,BA,BO,OB,OR,

You can make 29 words from bravo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bravo

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Definitions and meaning of bravo

bravo

Translingual

Noun

bravo

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bravo of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

Etymology

From Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvəʊ, Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

bravo (plural bravos or bravoes or bravi)

  1. (plural "bravi") A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
  2. A shout of "bravo!"
  3. (international standards, plural "bravos") Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Synonyms

  • (hired soldier): see Thesaurus:mercenary

Interjection

bravo!

  1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:well done

Usage notes

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

Related terms

  • bravissimo

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!

Asturian

Adjective

bravo

  1. neuter of bravu

Finnish

Etymology

Italian bravo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑʋo(ː)/, [ˈbrɑ̝ʋo̞(ː)]
  • IPA(key): /brɑˈʋo(ː)/, [brɑ̝ˈʋo̞(ː)]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑːʋo/, [ˈbrɑ̝ːʋo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋo
  • Syllabification(key): bra‧vo

Interjection

bravo

  1. bravo

Further reading

  • bravo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-12

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁa.vo/

Interjection

bravo

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

Noun

bravo m (plural bravos)

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

Related terms

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

Further reading

  • “bravo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾaβo̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bravo, from Latin barbarus, which was frequently found in Galician medieval Latin documentation with the meaning of "uncultivated, fallow". Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

Adjective

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

  1. uncultivated, harsh, rough (when referring to a land)
    • 1334, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (eds. ), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 487:
  2. wild, spontaneous (when referring to a plant)
    Synonym: ventureiro
  3. wild, untamed (when referring to an animal)
    Synonym: salvaxe
  4. harsh, fierce
    • 1364, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 441:
    Synonym: fero
  5. strong (when referring to a beverage) or hot spicy
    Synonym: forte
  6. bold, valiant
    Synonyms: afouto, arriscado, valente
Derived terms
  • besta brava (wild horse)
  • Bravos
  • porco bravo (wild pig)
  • faneca brava (lesser weever)
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo!

  1. bravo!

References

  • “bravo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “bravo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “bravo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “bravo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.vo/
  • Rhymes: -vo
  • Hyphenation: bra‧vo

Interjection

bravo

  1. bravo, well done!, good show!
    Synonym: syabas

Further reading

  • “bravo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus. Less likely from Provençal brau (show-off), from Gaulish *bragos (compare Middle Irish breagha (modern breá) 'fine', Breton braga 'to strut'). Or perhaps borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (raw, uncooked). Or possibly from a root *bravus, from bravium. Borrowed into French and English as brave.

Pierre Carpentier, in an 18th-century edition of du Cange's 17th-century dictionary of medieval and modern Latin, argued Latin branus originated in a misreading of Italian and Spanish bravo. However, George Nicholson argues the opposite in a 1950 Festschrift article, namely bravo being a misreading of Latin branus, which would have the origin du Cange had originally argued for, from Old French brahaigne (barren) (see barren). Compare English gravy, possibly a misreading of French grané (stew).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: brà‧vo

Adjective

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

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

Related terms

  • bravaccio
  • bravamente
  • bravare
  • bravata
  • bravazzo
  • braveria
  • bravino
  • bravura
  • brav'uomo

Noun

bravo m (plural bravi)

  1. henchman

Interjection

bravo m (feminine brava, masculine plural bravi, feminine plural brave)

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

Descendants

  • English: bravo
  • French: bravo
  • Italian: bravo
  • Romanian: bravo
  • Turkish: bravo

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
  • Hyphenation: bra‧vo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

Alternative forms

  • brabo (regionalism)

Adjective

bravo (feminine brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas, comparable, comparative mais bravo, superlative o mais bravo or bravíssimo, diminutive bravinho, augmentative bravão)

  1. angry; furious, annoyed
    Synonyms: furioso, irado, raivoso, enraivecido
  2. brave; valiant, courageous
    Synonyms: valente, destemido, corajoso
  3. coarse; uneducated, uncivilized
    Synonyms: bárbaro, rude, grosseiro
  4. prone to irritation, easily angered, bad-tempered, choleric
    Synonyms: genioso, irritadiço
  5. rigorous, authoritarian
    Synonyms: rígido, rigoroso, severo
  6. (of a person, or situation) difficult, unmanageable
    Synonyms: ruço, difícil
  7. (of an animal) undomesticated
    Synonyms: bravio, silvestre
  8. (of a plant, or vegetable) spontaneous, weed
    Synonym: espontâneo
  9. (of the land) uncultivated
    Synonyms: bravio, inculto
  10. (of the sea) stormy
    Synonym: tempestuoso
  11. (Brazil, slang) a term akin to English dope, hard; meaning cool or good, usually with aggressive connotation
Derived terms

Noun

bravo m (plural bravos)

  1. (Brazil) a certain part of an oxcart
  2. (North Brazil) a neophyte to rubber tapping, a novice seringueiro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo!

  1. bravo! well done!

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bravo or Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo

  1. bravo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾabo/ [ˈbɾa.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: bra‧vo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus (or from metathesis of an intermediate form *babru-).

Adjective

bravo (feminine brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas, superlative bravísimo)

  1. angry, furious
    Synonyms: enojado, enfadado, fiero, mañoso
  2. bold, courageous
    Synonym: valiente
  3. skilful, capable, clever, fine
  4. good, excellent
  5. agitated (sea)
  6. wild (animal)
    Synonym: salvaje
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Belizean Creole: braabo, braabu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

¡bravo!

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

Further reading

  • “bravo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

References

Swedish

Etymology

Internationalism, from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑːvʊ/
  • Rhymes: -¹ɑːvʊ

Interjection

bravo

  1. bravo

Derived terms

  • bravorop

Related terms

  • bravur

References

  • bravo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bravo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bravo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish براوو, from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b(ɯ)ɾɑ.vo/

Interjection

bravo!

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

Source: wiktionary.org