Brava definition

brävä, brä-vä
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Used to express approval of a woman, especially for a performance.
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Well done; very good; excellent.
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A shout or cry of “brava.”
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Alternative form of bravo, when spoken to a female performer.
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A shout of “brava”
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Origin of brava

  • Italian feminine of bravo bravo bravo1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brava Sentence Examples

  • The materials on the coast were clay and gravel wrought into concrete, sun-dried bricks and pise, or rammed work, cut stalks of plants formed with clay a kind of staff, and lintels were made by burying stems of cana brava (Gynerium saccharoides) in blocks of pise.

  • The natives designate the Bolivian climatic zones as yungas, valle or medio yungas, cabezera de valle, puna and puna brava.

  • The puna brava extends from 12,500 ft.

  • Within a minute of leaving the tourist tat of Roses on the Costa Brava behind you, you hit new terrain.

  • The towns on the eastern seaboard, of which Mukdishu and Brava were the chief, formed part of the Zenj " empire " (see Zanzibar) and shared its fate, being conquered in turn by the Portuguese (16th century), the imans of Muscat (17th century), and the sultans of Zanzibar (1866).

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