bravo

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   a shout of approval; also a hired assassin or daring villain

   Bravo! the audience cried as the soprano took her bow.

From Italian bravo ('bold, brave'; as a noun 'a daring villain, hired killer'), used in English as an exclamation of approval and, separately, for a mercenary assassin. The Italian word is of disputed origin.

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