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/Sounds like "BRAH" (as in "bra") + "boh" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

Angry, furious, or fuming with rage. In Colombia and other countries, when someone's bravo, it's best to give them space and wait for the storm to pass before trying to talk to them.

Examples

He's really angry about what happened yesterday.

Don't say anything to him right now, he's furious.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Ecuador
Enchichado

A historically pejorative term in Chicano vocabulary referring to an undocumented person who swam across the Rio Grande to enter the United States. It literally means "wet" because they came out of the water. The word carried stigma for decades, but in Chicano communities it has been reclaimed with pride: "soy mojado y qué" is a common line in corridos and Chicano rap. Use with care: context changes everything.