bravo

«bravo» in Mova's school dictionary: A word shouted to praise someone for doing something very… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A word shouted to praise someone for doing something very well, especially at the end of a performance: «Bravo!» tree →

2) «Bravo» is the word for the letter B in the international spelling alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie …). tree →

3) (noun, old) A hired thug or killer, in old stories. tree →

sense 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 →
• The teacher said «Bravo!» when I finished my piano piece. tree →
• My postcode starts with «Bravo Sierra». tree →
• The pilot spelled out «Bravo, Alpha». tree →
• Bravo, you've tidied your room at last! tree →
• Cries of «bravo» filled the theatre. tree →
• “Bravo, Polendina!” cried the same tiny voice which came from no one knew where. tree →

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)».

In the corpora

• The driver laughs, but the gentleman says «Bravo, ma'am!
• The gentleman: «Bravo, ma'am!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bravo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.