brave

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

brave

from Italian bravo (courageous), rather than from Spanish bravo ("wild"). Italian is a loanword from Occitan brau. The sixth meaning is directly borrowed from Occitan brave.

Definitions

Plural

braves

Translations

  • germangerman:artig
  • englishenglish:stallwart
  • spanishspanish:animoso
  • finnishfinnish:uljas
  • italianitalian:bravo
  • dutchdutch:braaf
  • polishpolish:dzielny
  • portugueseportuguese:valoroso

See also

bravacherie (cn.) bravache (adj.) braverie (cn.) bravitude (cn.)