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English

Etymology

From Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??vo?/, /b???vo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???v??/, /b????v??/
• Rhymes: -??v??, Rhymes: -??

Noun

bravo (plural bravos or bravoes)

1. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, page 104:

     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.

2. A shout of "bravo!"
3. Bravo, the letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Synonyms

• (hired soldier): see Thesaurus:mercenary

Interjection

bravo!

1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

   Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

Usage notes

Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms brave (feminine) and bravi (masculine or mixed).

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:well done

Related terms

• bravissimo

Translations

Verb

bravo (third-person singular simple present bravos or bravoes, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)

1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!

French

Etymology

From Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.vo/

Interjection

bravo

1. bravo!, hear, hear!, well said!, well done!

Noun

bravo m (plural bravos)

1. (in the plural) applause, cheers
2. swordsman

   Synonym: spadassin

Related terms

• bravache
• bravade
• brave
• bravement
• braver
• bravoure

Further reading

• “bravo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?a?o?/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese bravo, from Latin barbarus, which was frequently found in Galician medieval Latin documentation with the meaning of "uncultivated, fallow". Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin pr?vus and barbarus.

Adjective

bravo m (feminine singular brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas)

1. uncultivated, harsh, rough (when referring to a land)
   • 1334, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (eds. ), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Santiago: Caixa Galicia, page 487:

     et nos dedes delle en cada ano terça do pan e do viño, e de lino e de liguma do feytuo, e do monte bravo que aromperdes

     and you'll give us each year a third of the grain and of the wine, of the flax, and of the pulses, and of the uncultivated lands that you could plough up

2. wild, spontaneous (when referring to a plant)

   Synonym: ventureiro

3. wild, untamed (when referring to an animal)

   Synonym: salvaxe

4. harsh, fierce
   • 1364, Clara Rodríguez Núñez (ed.), "Santa María de Belvís, un convento mendicante femenino en la Baja Edad Media (1305-1400)", Estudios Mindonienses, 5, page 441:

     son ende quatro boys, dous bravos et dous massos

     there are four oxen: two are fierce and two are meek

   Synonym: fero

5. strong (when referring to a beverage) or hot spicy

   Synonym: forte

6. bold, valiant

   Synonyms: afouto, arriscado, valente

Derived terms

• besta brava (“wild horse”)
• Bravos
• porco bravo (“wild pig”)
• faneca brava (“lesser weever”)

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo!

1. bravo!

References

• “bravo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “bravo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bravo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bravo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus, from a fusion of Latin pr?vus and barbarus. Less likely from Provençal brau (“show-off”), from Gaulish *bragos (compare Middle Irish breagha (modern breá) 'fine', Breton braga 'to strut'). Or perhaps borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (“raw, uncooked”). Or possibly from a root *bravus, from bravium. Borrowed into French and English as brave.

Pierre Carpentier, in an 18th-century edition of du Cange's 17th-century dictionary of medieval and modern Latin, argued Latin branus originated in a misreading of Italian and Spanish bravo. However, George Nicholson argues the opposite in a 1950 Festschrift article, namely bravo being a misreading of Latin branus, which would have the origin du Cange had originally argued for, from Old French brahaigne (“barren”) (see barren). Compare English gravy, possibly a misreading of French grané (“stew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bra.vo/
• Hyphenation: brà?vo
• Rhymes: -avo

Adjective

bravo (feminine brava, masculine plural bravi, feminine plural brave) (superlative bravissimo)

1. (used before the noun) good, well-behaved
2. good, skilful, capable, clever, fine
3. good, obedient
4. (obsolete) brave, bold
5. (obsolete, of animals) wild, untamed
6. (obsolete, of places) harsh

Related terms

• bravaccio
• bravamente
• bravare
• bravata
• bravazzo
• braveria
• bravino
• bravura
• brav'uomo

Interjection

bravo! m (f brava!, m pl bravi!, f pl brave!)

1. well done!, good show!
2. (theater) bravo!

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?b?a.vu/
• Hyphenation: bra?vo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin pr?vus and barbarus.

Adjective

bravo m (feminine singular brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas, comparable)

1. angry; furious, annoyed

   Synonyms: furioso, irado, raivoso, enraivecido, brabo

2. brave; valiant, courageous

   Synonyms: valente, destemido, corajoso

3. coarse; uneducated, uncivilized

   Synonyms: bárbaro, rude, grosseiro

4. prone to irritation, easily angered, bad-tempered, choleric

   Synonyms: genioso, irritadiço, brabo

5. rigorous, authoritarian

   Synonyms: rígido, rigoroso, severo, brabo

6. (of a person, or situation) difficult, unmanageable

   Synonyms: ruço, difícil, brabo

7. (of an animal) undomesticated

   Synonyms: bravio, silvestre, brabo

8. (of a plant, or vegetable) spontaneous, weed

   Synonym: espontâneo

9. (of the land) uncultivated

   Synonyms: bravio, inculto

10. (of the sea) stormy

    Synonyms: tempestuoso, brabo

11. (hypercorrect) Alternative form of brabo

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

bravo!

1. bravo! well done!

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?abo/, [?b?a.??o]

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin pr?vus and barbarus (or from metathesis of an intermediate form *babru-).

Adjective

bravo (feminine brava, masculine plural bravos, feminine plural bravas) (superlative bravísimo)

1. angry, furious

   Synonyms: enojado, enfadado, fiero, mañoso

2. bold, courageous

   Synonym: valiente

3. skilful, capable, clever, fine
4. good, excellent
5. agitated (sea)
6. wild (animal)

   Synonym: salvaje

Derived terms

Related terms

• bravear
• bravero
• braveza
• bravío
• bravucón
• bravura
• desbravar
• embravecer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bravo.

Interjection

¡bravo!

1. (in general use) well done!, good show!
2. (at the theatre, etc) bravo!

Further reading

• “bravo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.vo/

Interjection

bravo!

1. well done!, good show!
2. (theater) bravo!

English

Etymology

From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English gr?at (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rewd-, *g?er- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognate with Scots great (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German groß (“large”), Old English gr?ot (“earth, sand, grit”). Related to grit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gr?t, IPA^(key): /??e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t
• Homophone: grate

Adjective

great (comparative greater, superlative greatest)

1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
2. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

   • So the King made Daniel a great man […]
3. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

4. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.

   • the ewes great with young

5. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Followers and Friends

     those that are so great with him

6. Extreme or more than usual.

7. Of significant importance or consequence; important.

   • “We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”

8. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.

9. Impressive or striking.

10. Much in use; favoured.

11. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

12. Title referring to an important leader.

13. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

14. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.

15. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic. [from 1848]
16. (informal, Britain) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

Usage notes

Moderating adverbs such as fairly, somewhat, etc. tend not to be used with great. Some intensifiers can be used with some senses of great; for example, a very great amount, a very great man, the party was really great, though not *the party was very great.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:large
• See also Thesaurus:excellent
• gr8, grt (Internet slang, text messaging)

Antonyms

• (very big, large scale): tiny
• (uncommonly gifted): mediocre, ordinary

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Welsh: grêt

Translations

Interjection

great

1. Expression of gladness and content about something.

   Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I am in my new apartment! Great!

2. sarcastic inversion thereof.

   Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

Translations

Noun

great (plural greats)

1. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

   Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.

   • 2019, Daniel Taylor, Lionel Messi magic puts Barcelona in command of semi-final with Liverpool (in The Guardian, 1 May 2019)[3]

     Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. That, in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats.

2. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
3. (in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships.

   My three-greats grandmother.

Antonyms

• (person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim): mediocre

Translations

Adverb

great (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).

   Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.

Translations

Anagrams

• 'Gater, Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, retag, targe, terga

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). Cognate with Old Saxon gr?t (“large, thick, coarse, stour”), Old High German gr?z (“large, thick, coarse”), Old English grot (“particle”). More at groat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ræ???t/

Adjective

gr?at

1. great, massive
2. tall
3. thick; stout
4. coarse

Declension

Derived terms

• gr?atnes

Descendants

• Middle English: greet, grete
  • English: great
    • ? Welsh: grêt
  • Scots: great, greet, grete, greit

Scots

Alternative forms

• greet, grete, greit

Etymology

From Old English gr?at, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?t], [?r?t]
• (North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [?rit]

Adjective

great (comparative greater, superlative greatest)

1. great
2. coarse (in grain or texture)
3. (of things) thick, bulky, roomy
4. (of people) big, stout
5. (of a river) swollen with rain, in flood
6. (of the sea) high, stormy
7. intimate, friendly