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brava¹

  • /ˈbɹɑ.və/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːvə

Where it comes from

From Italian brava, feminine of bravo.

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative form of bravo spoken to a female performer BRAVA! Brava! Brava! to Caryl Rivers for her article “Why Can't Hollywood See That 35 Is Beautiful, Too?” It's about time people recognized the double standard in films where men and women are concerned.

noun bravas

  1. A shout of "brava!".

Brava²

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Barawa (“Somalian city”).

Brava³

proper noun

  1. One of the ten islands of Cape Verde

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MLA

"brava." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brava. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

brava. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brava

Chicago

"brava." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brava.

BibTeX
@misc{brava_2026,
  title = {brava},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brava},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}