bravio
Portuguese, noun/bɾaˈvi.u/
bravio is spelled B-R-A-V-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bravio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a patch of terrain which it is arid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno inculto, coberto apenas de vegetação rasteira e espontânea”.
What does bravio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feral, wild
- 2
uneducated, uncivilized
- 3
difficult to traverse, untraversable, impenetrable
- 4
incapable of bearing fruits, unfruitful
- 5
spontaneous, weed
- 6
uncultivated
- 7
stormy
noun
- 1
masculinea patch of terrain which it is arid
- 2
masculinea patch of terrain through which it is difficult to move
- 3
masculinean uncultivated land
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bravo 2. selvagem; agreste 3. rude 4. áspero, difícil de transitar
noun: 1. terreno inculto, coberto apenas de vegetação rasteira e espontânea
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bravio
- bravia feminine
- bravios masculine plural
- bravias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bravio?
- Brazil /bɾaˈvi.u/
- Brazil /bɾaˈviw/
- Brazil [bɾaˈviʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bravio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bravio in Portuguese?
bravio appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).