bravío
Spanish, noun/bɾaˈbio/
bravío is spelled B-R-A-V-Í-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bravío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “synonym of bravura (“ferociousness (of an animal)”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hablando de los toros y otras fieras: Bravura, fiereza”.
What does bravío mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wild, untamed
- 2
wild
- 3
uncouth
- 4
choppy, wild
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of bravura (“ferociousness (of an animal)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Feroz, indómito, salvaje. Regularmente se dice de los animales cerriles o que andan por los montes y están sin domesticar ni domar. 2. Se dice de los árboles y plantas silvestres. 3. Se aplica al que tiene costumbres rústicas por falta de buena educación o del trato de gentes.
noun: 1. Hablando de los toros y otras fieras: Bravura, fiereza.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bravío
- bravía feminine
- bravíos masculine plural
- bravías feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bravío?
- /bɾaˈbio/
- [bɾaˈβ̞i.o]
- [bɾaˈβ̞io]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bravío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bravío in Spanish?
bravío appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).