brava

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English

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Etymology

From Italian brava, feminine of bravo.

Pronunciation

Interjection

brava

  1. Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer
    • 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!”

Noun

brava (plural bravas)

  1. A shout of "brava!".

Asturian

Adjective

brava

  1. feminine singular of bravu

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

brava

  1. feminine singular of brau

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrava/
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Adjective

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

  1. brave, valiant

French

Verb

brava

  1. third-person singular past historic of braver

Ido

Adjective

brava

  1. brave

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

brava f sg

  1. feminine singular of bravo

Maltese

Adjective

brava f

  1. feminine singular of bravu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

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

Adjective

brava

  1. feminine singular of bravo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French braver.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to challenge, defy

Conjugation

    conjugation of brava (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a brava
gerund bravând
past participle bravat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present bravez bravezi bravează bravăm bravați bravează
imperfect bravam bravai brava bravam bravați bravau
simple perfect bravai bravași bravă bravarăm bravarăți bravară
pluperfect bravasem bravaseși bravase bravaserăm bravaserăți bravaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să bravez să bravezi să braveze să bravăm să bravați să braveze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative bravează bravați
negative nu brava nu bravați

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bràva f (Cyrillic spelling бра̀ва)

  1. lock (of door)

Declension

Declension of brava
singular plural
nominative bràva brave
genitive brave brȃvā
dative bravi bravama
accusative bravu brave
vocative bravo brave
locative bravi bravama
instrumental bravom bravama

Spanish

Adjective

brava

  1. feminine singular of bravo
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