bravoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Italian bravo. Doublet of brave.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/
• 韻: -ɑːvəʊ, 韻: -əʊ

名詞

bravo (plural bravos or bravoes or bravi)

1. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
   • 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)‎:

     As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him.

   • 1911, H. Rider Haggard, Red Eve‎:

     "Why should I fight the King of England's bravoes?" inquired Acour in a languid voice of those who stood about him, a question at which they laughed.

   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 104:

     Because the headache will always be there, a weapon that never wears out and is as deadly as the bravo’s rapier or Lucrezia's poison vial.

2. A shout of "bravo!"
   • 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray‎:

     There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest.

3. (international standards, plural "bravos") Alternative letter-case form of Bravo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

同意語

• (hired soldier): see Thesaurus:mercenary

間投詞

bravo!

1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:well done

   Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

使用する際の注意点

Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian feminine form brava is used for a woman or girl, and the Italian plural forms brave f pl are used for female referents only, and bravi m pl are used for male only or two or more male and female referents.

派生語

• Bravo Zulu

関連する語

• brava
• bravissimo

動詞

bravo (third-person singular simple present bravos or bravoes, present participle bravoing, simple past and past participle bravoed)

1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
   • 1910, May Agnes Fleming, The Baronet's Bride‎:

     "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?"

   • 1899, Richard Le Gallienne, Young Lives‎:

     Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.