brava

From Italian brava, feminine of bravo.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑ.və/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

brava

1. Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer
   • 1973 May 13, Connie Oliva, “Movie Mailbag”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 July 2025:

     BRAVA! Brava! Brava! to Caryl Rivers for her article “Why Can't Hollywood See That 35 Is Beautiful, Too?” It's about time people recognized the double standard in films where men and women are concerned.

   • 1983, Alena Lasley, Paul Lasley, Frommer’s 1983-84 Guide to San Francisco, New York, N.Y.: Frommer/Pasmantier Publishers, →ISBN, page 57:

     When ballet stars perform in San Francisco, they always dine at Bali’s, the domain of a Manchurian-born Armenian, owner Armen Baliantz. […] An ex-ballerina herself, she has now brought all her discipline, grace, and charm to the running of Bali’s, and all we can say is “brava!”

   • 2005, Frederic Morton, “May 1955: Best Man on the Baltic”, in Runaway Waltz: A Memoir from Vienna to New York, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 91–92:

     This message sticks in the memory as a small masterpiece of innuendo. / congrats on sublime times mandate pun intended no congrats from mama morton whom phoned per request mama not thrilled for boy that he interview mann mama thrilled for mann that he interviewed by boy till palermo immer noch deine / marcia / Brava. Brilliant Mama’s boy baiting.

brava (plural bravas)

1. A shout of "brava!".

brava

1. inflection of bravë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

brava

1. feminine singular of bravu

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾa.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾa.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.va]

brava

1. feminine singular of brau

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrava/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: bra‧va

brava (accusative singular bravan, plural bravaj, accusative plural bravajn)

1. brave, valiant

brava

1. third-person singular past historic of braver

brava

1. brave

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: brà‧va

brava f sg

1. feminine singular of bravo

brava f

1. feminine singular of bravu

• Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧va

brava

1. feminine singular of bravo

Borrowed from French braver.

a brava (third-person singular present bravează, past participle bravat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to challenge, defy

bràva f (Cyrillic spelling бра̀ва)

1. lock (of door)

brava

1. feminine singular of bravo