brave

[US]/breɪv/
[UK]/brev/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ya kuonyesha ujasiri au tayari kukabiliana na hatari au uchungu
vt. kukabiliana au kuvumilia (uchungu au shida) bila hofu au bila kusitasita
Word Forms
Superlativebravest
Comparativebraver
Past Participlebraved
Present Participlebraving
Third Person Singularbraves
Pluralbraves
Past Tensebraved

Phrases & Collocations

brave oneself

kujikakamua

brave it out

kushikilia

brave new world

ulimwengu mpya shupavu

brave heart

mtima mwana

Example Sentences

He is a brave soldier.

Yeye ni mwanajeshi shujaa.

she put on a brave front.

Yeye alionyesha uso shujaa.

brave danger and hardships

shujaa hatari na hali ngumu

she was very brave about the whole thing.

Yeye alikuwa shujaa sana kuhusu jambo lote.

I'll brave it out and meet new people.

Nitavushangilia na kukutana na watu wapya.

the brave new world of the health care market.

ulimwengu mpya shujaa wa soko la afya.

he put up a brave fight.

Yeye alipigana kwa ujasiri.

He was brave amid all dangers.

Yeye alikuwa shujaa katikati ya hatari zote.

A brave fireman rescued the woman.

Mfichaizi shujaa alimuokoa mwanamke.

To call a brave man a coward is an insult.

Kumuita mwanamume shujaa mruki ni unyayo.

St George braved the dragon.

Mt. George alikosolea mchuaji.

The brave defenders gave their all.

Walinda shujaa walitoa uwezo wao wote.

They sang of his brave deeds.

Walimbili juu ya vitendo vyake vya shujaa.

he put up a brave fight before losing.

Yeye alipigana kwa ujasiri kabla ya kupoteza.

his medals made a brave show.

Medali zake zilionyesha kwa ujasiri.

a young brave who disrespects his elders.

Vijana shujaa ambaye anachezesha wakubwa zake.

a brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery.

Mwanamke polisi shujaa alizuia uvamizi uliosababishwa na silaha.

she wasn't brave enough to launch out by herself.

Hakuwa na ujasiri wa kutosha kuanza peke yake.

Real-world Examples

You know what they say, fortune favors the brave.

Unajua msemo, bahati inawafurahi wenye ujasiri.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

I'm not the last one. You brave, brave soul.

Sihofu kama mimi ndiye wa mwisho. Wewe, shujaa, shujaa.

Source: Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

I thought you were very courageous, very brave.

Nilikufikiria kama wewe ni shujaa sana, sana.

Source: A bet.

Tip the scale of the brave and bold.

Badilisha mwelekeo kwa walio na ujasiri na wenye moyo.

Source: Villains' Tea Party

But look, I think...- Very bold, very brave.

Lakini angalia, nadhani...- Sana ujasiri, sana shujaa.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

In Philadelphia today, people braved icy arctic conditions with windchills down to minus-25.

Huko Philadelphia leo, watu walojikakamua dhidi ya hali ngumu za baridi za kaskazoni yenye joto la chini hadi minus 25.

Source: PBS English News

Five against one, very brave. - Well, you're one to talk.

Tano dhidi ya moja, shujaa sana. - Naam, wewe ni mmoja anayeongea.

Source: Films

Health workers have even braved conflict to prevent a horribly crippling disease.

Wafanyakazi wa afya wamejikakamua hata katika migogoro ili kuzuia ugonjwa wa kufadhaisha sana.

Source: VOA Standard English - Health

Phileas Fogg, though brave and gallant, must be, he thought, quite heartless.

Phileas Fogg, ingawa shujaa na mkomavu, lazima afikiri, bila huruma kabisa.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

But Miltiades was shrewd as well as brave.

Lakini Miltiades alikuwa mwerevu na pia shujaa.

Source: A Brief History of the World

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