Meaning
A little extra given free by a seller after a purchase — the small bonus a higgler or shopkeeper adds to keep a customer happy, much like a baker's dozen. To 'get brawta' is to receive that goodwill token — an extra bun, one more mango, a bit more thrown into the bag — on top of what you paid for. Of African origin, the custom and the word are a warm feature of Jamaican market life, sweetening the deal and binding buyer to seller, and asking for a 'likkle brawta' is part of the friendly haggle of the market.
Examples
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Gimme mi brawta, nuh.
Give me my little extra, please.
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Di higgler always gi mi brawta.
The market seller always gives me a little something extra.
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Two extra mango fi brawta.
Two extra mangoes as the free bonus.
Origin
From Spanish 'barata' (cheap, a bargain), carried into Jamaican through early trade; the sense shifted to the free extra that sweetens a sale.
How it’s used
Belongs to market and higgler culture. Rebel One treats 'brawta' as the main spelling, with 'braata' kept as a common searchable variant — the same word, not a mistake.