bravado

English

Etymology

French bravade (“bragging or boasting”), from Italian bravata, from verb bravare (“brag, boast”), from bravo.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ

Noun

bravado (plural bravados or bravadoes)

  1. A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
    The angry customer stood in the middle of the showroom and voiced his complaints with loud bravado.
    • 1990 Amy Longsdorf, K.T. Oslin: Personality, Wit and Style To Spare", The Morning Call
      Songs like "Hey Bobby", and "Do Ya" drip with innuendo and sexual bravado.
  2. A false show of courage.
  3. (obsolete) A swaggerer; a braggart.

Translations

Verb

bravado (third-person singular simple present bravados, present participle bravadoing, simple past and past participle bravadoed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.
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