bravo
Italian (Fiorentino)
adj
Definitions
- (used before the noun) good, well-behaved
- good, skilful, capable, clever, fine
- good, obedient
- (obsolete) brave, bold
- (obsolete) wild, untamed
- (obsolete) harsh
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *bravus, prāvus (deformed, depraved) derived from Gaulish *bragos derived from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (uncooked, raw) derived from Old French brahaigne (barren).
Origin
Old French
brahaigne
Gloss
barren
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brave English
- bravissimo English
- bravo English
- bravura English
- *bravus Latin
- barbarus Latin
- depravo Latin
- pravus Latin
- prāvus Latin
- brav German
- bravamente Italian
- bravare Italian
- bravata Italian
- braveria Italian
- bravissimo Italian
- bravura Italian
- pravo Italian
- braaf Dutch, Flemish
- bravade French
- brave French
- bravement French
- braver French
- bravo French
- bravoure French
- браво Russian
- bravata Spanish, Castilian
- pravo Spanish, Castilian
- *krewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bra Norwegian Bokmål
- bravata Portuguese
- *hrawaz Proto-Germanic
- brawo Polish
- brawura Polish
- bra Norwegian Nynorsk
- hrár Old Norse
- brahaigne Old French
- bravuro Esperanto
- brav Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μπράβο Greek (modern)
- braf Welsh
- rāo Old High German
- brave Norman
- brave Middle French
- *hrau gmw-pro
- bravo Old Portuguese
- *raaka Proto-Finnic
- bravu Maltese
- bravo Old Spanish
- brav Low German
- bruf Dalmatian
- brav Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *bragos Gaulish