bravo
interjection
(used in praising a performer.)
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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
"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
In February, Thoma Bravo purchased human-capital management company Dayforce for $12.3 billion, marking the private-equity firm’s largest take-private deal to date.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Accelerant ARX 8.71%increase; up pointing triangle agreed to go private in a deal with private-equity firm Thoma Bravo worth more than $4 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Before the default, Medallia’s private-equity owner, Thoma Bravo, tried to get lenders to further extend the deferred interest period, an effort that ultimately failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Bravo has not yet announced a release date for Season 7 of “RHOSLC,” but the forthcoming season wrapped filming in May and is expected to air this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The river is called the Rio Bravo, meaning the “angry river,” because its huge waves are very strong.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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 Alessandro Manzoni
Long before this, however, the alarm had been given to other personages of our story; the bravoes in one place; and Agnes and Perpetua in another.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
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
He cast a glance across the low stone wall upon the fields; no one! another on the road that lay before him; no one, except the bravoes!
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
He was walking one day through the streets of the city, accompanied by a former shopman, who had been transformed by his father into a steward, followed by two bravoes.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
After intermission he was welcomed with robust bravos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
At the end, the courageous cast and creative team received lusty bravos from many in the hall.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2016
And these—he pointed to some huge black bulls—were Percy’s toros bravos.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
Celia’s decision wins her both bravos and more full-throated squabbling.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Years passed and at the Metropolitan Tenor Martinelli continued to take second place to some more bravoed figure.
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
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
When it was published in London last month, British critics bravoed.
From Time Magazine Archive
If they keep hysteria at a distance for a few hours, they are bravoed from one end of the Empire to the other.
From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee
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
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
There was a burst of loud bravoing and clapping.
From Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley
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