bravo
interjection
(used in praising a performer.)
bravo
American
[brah-voh, brah-voh]
/ ˈbrɑ voʊ, brɑˈvoʊ /
interjection
noun
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bravos,
plural, plural
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bravoes
plural
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a shout of “bravo!”
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a daring bandit, assassin, or murderer, especially one hired to steal or murder for another.
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a word used in communications to represent the letter B.
verb (used without object)
bravoed,
bravoing
bravo
1
British
interjection
noun
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a cry of "bravo"
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a hired killer or assassin
Bravo
2
British
/ ˈbrɑːvəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bravo
First recorded in 1755–65; from Italian; see brave
Example Sentences
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"No, I stopped," said Meloni, prompting EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to cheer "bravo".
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
When Maxey—and really, bravo for Maxey, who is the soul of this Philly team—put Game 7 with a string of fearless drives, the statement was Lazarus-like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
So bravo to you for taking this on.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
"You have brought happiness to all Ivorians, bravo, bravo," said President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, which hosted the pan-African tournament.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024
The bravo reddened, but Inkpots laughed aloud and Brown Ben went so far as to chuckle.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
New episodes of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” air on Bravo on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bravo said that despite his injuries, he hiked and climbed to the top of a tall ridgeline, in fear of Iranian forces the whole way.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"It was an unregulated facility; it had faced administrative proceedings and fines since 2019, and was a repeat offender," the official, Jose Bravo, said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Summer House Canada,” an international edition of the hit Bravo reality show, is currently filming its debut season in Muskoka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A slightly built former dancer, she worked upstairs as a vice president at Bravo.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
They reached the castle; the bravoes who were on the esplanade and at the door, retired on both sides to leave the passage free.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
The antechambers, the courts, and the street, were crowded with servants, pages, and bravoes.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
He lived at the house opposite to the cottage of Lucy, and had witnessed from the window the alarm of the bravoes, when Griso endeavoured to collect them in the court-yard.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
A chorus of laughter and bravoes greeted his feat.
From The Missioner by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
One of the bravoes, whom he had put to flight, had passed muffled up in his cloak, near the lattice of Marina.
From The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository. Alphonso and Marina by Various
The bravos and foot-stamping began the second Plácido Domingo was spotted walking onstage Sunday, leading to a standing ovation that lasted well over a minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
Chicago is “a journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to the last herd of fantastic bravos that once roamed the newspaper offices of the country.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2016
And these—he pointed to some huge black bulls—were Percy’s toros bravos.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
I can only assume the the few bravos were ironic.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2012
Celia’s decision wins her both bravos and more full-throated squabbling.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
At a recital a few days later, chastened Muscovites bravoed her back for five encores.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it was published in London last month, British critics bravoed.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the curtain, a shower of roses and confetti rained down from the galleries, and the house bravoed on for half an hour of curtain calls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Years passed and at the Metropolitan Tenor Martinelli continued to take second place to some more bravoed figure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.
From Young Lives by Richard Le Gallienne
But, once there, the power and diamond-hard brilliance of his playing had the studio audience bravoing between movements, despite NBC's standing request to the audience not to applaud until the work is finished.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was visibly furious when the soloists in Otello tricked him by going offstage by another exit and hiding until Toscanini was forced to face the bravoing audience alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearby, on an old-fashioned bed topped by a canopy, sat bravoing Authoress de Beauvoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a burst of loud bravoing and clapping.
From Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley
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