bravura
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian bravura (“skill”), from bravo (“good, skilful”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Noun edit
bravura (plural bravuras or bravure)
- (music) A highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.
- A display of daring.
- 2011 May 11, Michael Billington, “I Am the Wind”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Yet just as, in opposition to the majority, I admired Fosse's Nightsongs and The Girl On The Sofa, so I found myself absorbed by this 70-minute play; and, whatever it may mean, there is no denying the production's visual bravura.
Adjective edit
bravura (comparative more bravura, superlative most bravura)
- Highly showy; ostentatious.
- 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 4:
- Look closely, and the minute interconnectedness of her novels is a bravura achievement.
- 2016, Christopher Kelly, The Pink Bus, Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, page 116:
- But that won't stop the breakout star of the A&E reality series Dallas Three Ways from delivering one of his bravura, impromptu mini-lectures on the subject of Murphy's history of homophobic stand-up comedy.
Asturian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
bravura f (plural bravures)
Synonyms edit
- (courage): coraxe
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bravura f (plural bravure)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- bravura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: bra‧vu‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bravura. By surface analysis, bravo + -ura.
Noun edit
bravura f (plural bravuras)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian bravura. By surface analysis, bravo + -ura.
Noun edit
bravura f (plural bravuras)
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bravura f (plural bravuras)
- courage, boldness, bravery (a display of daring)
- ferocity, fierceness, wildness
- Synonyms: ferocidad, fiereza, salvajería
- anger
- bravura
Further reading edit
- “bravura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014