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bra⋅vo

  [brah-voh; for 1, 2, 5 also brah-voh] interjection, noun, plural -vos for 2, -vos or -voes for 3, verb, -voed, -vo⋅ing.
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–interjection
1. (used in praising a performer).
–noun
2. a shout of “bravo!”
3. a daring bandit, assassin, or murderer, esp. one hired to steal or murder for another.
4. a word used in communications to represent the letter B.
–verb (used without object)
5. to shout “bravo!”
Origin:
1755–65; < It; see brave
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bra·vo 1   (brä'vō, brä-vō')   
interj.  Used to express approval, especially of a performance.
n.   pl. bra·vos
A shout or cry of "bravo."
v.   bra·voed, bra·vo·ing, bra·voes

v.   tr.
To express approval of by shouting "bravo."
v.   intr.
To shout "bravo."

[Italian; see brave.]
bra·vo 2   (brä'vō)   
n.   pl. bra·voes or bra·vos
A villain, especially a hired killer.

[Italian, from bravo, wild, excellent; see brave.]
Bra·vo   (brä'vō)   
See Rio Grande1.
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Bravo

Bra"vo\, n.; pl. Bravoes. [I. See Brave, a.] A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.

Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. --Churchill.

Bravo

Bra"vo\, interj. [It. See Brave.] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bravo
Spanish: bravo,
German: Bravo,
Japanese: ブラボー
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bravo 
as a cheer, "well done!," 1761, from It., lit. "brave" (see brave). Earlier it was used as a noun meaning "desperado, hired killer" (1597). Superlative form is bravissimo.
"It is held by some philologists that as "Bravo!" is an exclamation its form should not change, but remain bravo under all circumstances. Nevertheless "bravo" is usually applied to a male, "brava" to a female artist, and "bravi" to two or more." ["Elson's Music Dictionary," 1905]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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