The word "brava" is correct in written English, particularly in contexts that celebrate or applaud a female performer.
It is often used after a performance to express admiration. Example: "After her stunning solo, the audience erupted in applause, and I shouted 'brava!' to show my appreciation." Alternatives include "well done" or "excellent."
The first is the Captain Corelli fallacy, that says Italian fascism was something of a joke; such nice, bumbling, charming people as the Italians, brava gente, could never have done such horrible things.
The island's hilly relief, culminating in La Atalaya (1,558 feet [475 metres]), is truncated in the central northern coast to form a costa brava (rugged coast) with cliffs exceeding 800 feet (240 metres) and penetrated by calas (small coves).
Bullfighting, Spanish la fiesta brava ("the brave festival") or corrida de toros ("running of bulls"), Portuguese corrida de touros, French combats de taureaux, also called tauromachy, the national spectacle of Spain and many Spanish-speaking countries, in which a bull is ceremoniously fought in a sand arena by a and usually killed.
Known as Los Borrachos del Tabon, which translates as "the drunks of the terraces", the hooligans are one of the most dangerous and feared firms in Argentina, a country where the unofficial fans' groups known as "barra brava" can have a significant financial interest in the fortunes of the clubs they follow.
The former leader of the Boca La 12 barra brava, Di Zeo was released from prison in May 2010 after serving more than three years for aggravated assault for his role in a 1999 fight against fans of the Chacarita Juniors that resulted in 14 injuries.
A barra brava typically has a few hundred members.
Pick up a van from Bergerac in south-west France for a mosey around the Dordogne, past vineyards and via bastide towns, or from Girona in north-east Spain to pootle along the Costa Brava.
Or else Britain could leave Europe entirely, in which case the tariff barriers would go up and many retired Britons might have to swap the Costa Brava for Margate.The EU will never win a political beauty pageant in Britain.
But for this summer, First Choice, one of Britain's main tour operators, has dropped the area from its brochure.Many holidaymakers now expect better-quality hotels, less crowded beaches and more activities than the Costa Brava can offer.
One of the best-loved destinations used to be the Costa Brava, a stretch of coast in north-eastern Spain where package tours were pioneered in the 1950s.
German voters are sceptical of transfers to southern Europe not just because of their fear of inflation or their experience with pouring money into former East Germany, but also because the typical German worker feels that he is no better off than the Spaniards he sees driving Audis when he holidays on the Costa Brava.
