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• bolivar
  bolivar

  noun

  a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. B.
• Bolívar
  Bolívar

  noun

  Simón El Libertador, 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
• Bolivar
  Bolivar

  noun

  Simon (siˈmon). 1783–1830, South American soldier and liberator. He drove the Spaniards from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and hoped to set up a republican confederation, but was prevented by separatist movements in Venezuela and Colombia (1829–30). Upper Peru became a separate state and was called Bolivia in his honour
• bolívar
  bolívar

  noun

  the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos

bolivar

¹ American  

[bol-uh-ver, buh-lee-vahr, baw-lee-vahr] / ˈbɒl ə vər, bəˈli vɑr, bɔˈli vɑr /

noun

bolivars, plural bolivares plural

1. a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. B.

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Bolívar ² American  

[buh-lee-vahr, baw-lee-vahr] / bəˈli vɑr, bɔˈli ḇɑr /

noun

1. Simón El Libertador, 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.

2. Pico Bolívar, a mountain in western Venezuela, in the Cordillera Mérida: highest elevation in Venezuela. 16,411 feet (5,007 meters).

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Bolivar ¹ British  

/ ˈbɒlɪˌvɑː, boˈliβar /

noun

1. Simon (siˈmon). 1783–1830, South American soldier and liberator. He drove the Spaniards from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and hoped to set up a republican confederation, but was prevented by separatist movements in Venezuela and Colombia (1829–30). Upper Peru became a separate state and was called Bolivia in his honour

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bolívar ² British  

/ ˈbɒlɪˌvɑː, boˈliβar /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• bolivares
  plural
• bolivars
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bolivar

First recorded in 1880–85; from Latin American Spanish, named after Simón Bolívar

Example Sentences

Years of hyperinflation—estimated by the IMF at 65,370% in 2018—has left the country’s bolivar currency virtually worthless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Few global currencies have had more spectacular declines than the bolivar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Prices in Venezuela are set in dollars, but many people pay with the weak bolivar -- taking advantage of the difference between the official and black-market exchange rate to pay less in real dollar value.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said Tuesday that her country has received $300 million from a US sale of Venezuelan crude and she will use it to prop up her country's battered currency, the bolivar.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Here they stopped, and Carroll threw his jehu a five- bolivar piece, which the driver caught, driving away at once, without the demand for more which usually follows overpayment in Caracuna.

From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins