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# bravo

exclamation (bravo!); noun (a bravo, bravos)

«bravo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A word shouted to praise someone for doing something very well, especially at the end of a performance: «Bravo!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#m1)
2. «Bravo» is the word for the letter B in the international spelling alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie …). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#m2)
3. (noun, old) A hired thug or killer, in old stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music and theatre, the audience shouts «Bravo!» and claps. The word comes from Italian. On radios, phones and in the army, letters are spelled with code words: «B for Bravo». Phrases: «Bravo!», «a chorus of bravos».

### Examples

- «Bravo!» shouted the audience when the song ended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x1)
- The teacher said «Bravo!» when I finished my piano piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x2)
- My postcode starts with «Bravo Sierra». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x3)
- The pilot spelled out «Bravo, Alpha». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x4)
- Bravo, you've tidied your room at last! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x5)
- Cries of «bravo» filled the theatre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x6)
- “Bravo, Polendina!” cried the same tiny voice which came from no one knew where. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/#x7)

### Note

Italian word. Strictly «brava» for a woman and «bravi» for a group in Italian, but in English «bravo» is used for everyone. Sometimes said sarcastically: «Oh, bravo,» meaning «well done (not)».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bravo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bravo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bravo.html) on Mova free.