Bravo Meaning
/ˈbɹɑvoʊ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
nounA shout of "bravo!"
Sentence Examples
There were many journalists who praised Ogawa with, "bravo, good show!"
The audience shouted "Bravo!" for at least a full minute.
How do you say "bravo" in German?
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the end of the opera, the audience shouted ____ to the singer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crowd shouted '____' after the opera singer's amazing performance.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him."
— 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753):
"Men have before hired bravos to transact their crimes, while their own person and reputation sat under shelter."
— 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 117:
""Why should I fight the King of England's bravoes?" inquired Acour in a languid voice of those who stood about him, a question at which they laughed."
— 1911, H. Rider Haggard, Red Eve:
"Because the headache will always be there, a weapon that never wears out and is as deadly as the bravo’s rapier or Lucrezia's poison vial."
— 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 104:
"There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest."
— 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the end of the opera, the audience shouted ____ to the singer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crowd shouted '____' after the opera singer's amazing performance.