Literal translation
bravo!
Meaning
well done! bravo!
Explanation
An interjection of enthusiastic approval, osco is shouted spontaneously to greet a success, a clever remark, a skillful move, or any performance worth applauding. In our dictionaries the word carries several related senses that all converge on the idea of a loud encouragement: the acclamation itself, but also, in some regional uses, the notch or mark used to keep score in a game, as though the victory were symbolically carved in. The expression belongs to the oral, festive register, called out at games of boules, local festivals, contests, or any occasion where a crowd voices its satisfaction loudly. It stands alone, without grammatical construction, functioning like a shout, and in its use it resembles the bravo or olé of other southern languages, with the difference that it is fully Provençal and owes nothing to Spanish.