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bra·vo    Audio Help   [brah-voh; for 1, 2, 5 also brah-voh] Pronunciation Key interjection, noun, plural -vos for 2, -vos or -voes for 3, verb, -voed, -vo·ing.
–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    Audio Help   (brä'vō, brä-vō')  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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bra·vo 2    Audio Help   (brä'vō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. bra·voes or bra·vos
A villain, especially a hired killer.


[Italian, from bravo, wild, excellent; see brave.]

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Bra·vo    Audio Help   (brä'vō)  Pronunciation Key 
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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]

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bravo

noun
1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: assassin
2. a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance 

verb
1. applaud with shouts of 'bravo' or 'brava' 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
bravo [braːˈvəu, (American) ˈbra:ˈvou] interjection
(when applauding a performer etc) well done!
Arabic: أحسنت! عظيم! برافو!
Chinese (Simplified): 喝彩声
Chinese (Traditional): 喝彩聲
Czech: bravo, výborně
Danish: bravo
Dutch: bravo
Estonian: braavo!
Finnish: bravo
French: bravo
German: Bravo
Greek: μπράβο!
Hungarian: bravó!
Icelandic: bravó!, heyr!
Indonesian: bagus!
Italian: bravo
Japanese: ブラボー
Korean: 브라보, 잘한다
Latvian: bravo!
Lithuanian: bravo!
Norwegian: bravo(rop)
Polish: brawo
Portuguese (Brazil): bravo
Portuguese (Portugal): bravo!
Romanian: bravo!
Russian: браво
Slovak: bravo
Slovenian: bravo
Spanish: bravo
Swedish: bravo
Turkish: aferin, bravo
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Rio Bravo, TX Zip code(s): 78043

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Bravo

Brave\ (br[=a]v), a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.]

1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.]

Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. --Bacon.

It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. --Pepys.

3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic]

Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak.

For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert Greene.

Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson.

Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant.
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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.
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