bravo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾa.vu/
bravo is spelled B-R-A-V-O (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bravo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a certain part of an oxcart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “brado elogioso”.
What does bravo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
angry; furious, annoyed
Fico bravo quando você entra sem bater.
- 2
brave; valiant, courageous
- 3
coarse; uneducated, uncivilized
- 4
prone to irritation, easily angered, bad-tempered, choleric
- 5
rigorous, authoritarian
- 6
difficult, unmanageable (of a person or situation)
- 7
undomesticated (of an animal)
- 8
spontaneous, weed (of a plant or vegetable)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea certain part of an oxcart
- 2
masculinea neophyte to rubber tapping, a novice seringueiro
interjection
- 1
bravo! well done!
Bravo! Você acertou!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não exibe medo 2. que demonstra bravura 3. bravio, silvestre 4. que demonstra raiva, que se enraivece facilmente
interjection: 1. demonstra aprovação ou admiração
noun: 1. brado elogioso 2. rebento de planta ou árvore, nascido do seu caule ou tronco
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 bravo
- brava feminine
- bravos masculine plural
- bravas feminine plural
- mais bravo comparative
- o mais bravo superlative
- bravíssimo superlative
- bravinho diminutive
- bravão augmentative
- brabo alternative
- bravo! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bravo?
- Brazil /ˈbɾa.vu/
- Portugal /ˈbɾa.vu/
- Portugal /ˈbɾa.bu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bravo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bravo in Portuguese?
bravo appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).