bravo
interjection
(used in praising a performer.)
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bravo
American
[brah-voh, brah-voh]
/ ˈbrɑ voʊ, brɑˈvoʊ /
interjection
noun
bravos,
plural, plural
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
"There was a lot of negativity about the Seine before the Olympics. At least they have tried; they have spent £1.2bn on this clean-up project so bravo to them for doing it," Pardoe said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
“The Second Sons have no place for mummers,” the bravo j in pink said scornfully.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh said that performance “reinforces the value of NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, and Peacock together as one integrated media business with continued opportunity to drive stronger engagement, advertising, and profitability into the future.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
While the NBC broadcast network, television stations and Bravo cable channel are seen by some as holding less appeal for a suitor such as Netflix or Amazon, there is still value in those platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo bought the company in 2014 and took it public in 2017, only to buy it back in 2022 for $6.9 billion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Researchers expect the Dragon Bravo Fire to influence future observations, but they view it as another factor to incorporate into their work rather than an obstacle that changes the overall mission.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
“No way! I love Hila Harari. She’s my favorite. You know, Bravo marathons her episodes every Wednesday. I watch them all religiously.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Venice we reached last Monday, wild for canals and for color, Palaces, prisons, lagoons, and gondolas, bravoes, and moonlight, All the mysterious, dreadful, beautiful things in existence.
From Poems by Howells, William Dean
This will suffice to prove that, at the time of which we treat, the bravoes still existed.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
He considered, in haste, whether between the bravoes and himself there were any outlet from the road, and he remembered there was none.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
When he returned to the kitchen, and was employed in taking the polpette from the fire, one of the bravoes approached, and said, in an under tone, “Who are those men?”
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
He could not for a moment think of disregarding the menaces of the bravoes, and solemnising the marriage.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
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
There were bravos and, from the many young people I saw around me, shouts and hoots for Ms. Weilerstein and the composer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2014
Abandoned buildings were seen less often, die naked children vanished, the bravos in the doorways seemed more sumptuously dressed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
At the end of the piece, the audience bravoed noisily.
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
In the studio an audience of 600 stamped, shouted, bravoed for two minutes while the show was still on the air, for 15 minutes after.
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 Le Gallienne, Richard
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
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
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 Huxley, Aldous
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