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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

Noun Inflected Forms

• bolivares
  plural
• bolivars
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bolivar

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

Example Sentences

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Rodriguez has already ploughed $300 million from a first US sale of Venezuelan crude into shoring up the country's struggling currency, the bolivar.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 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

“The Venezuelan bolivar lost 99.8% in the last 10 years against the U.S. dollar, the Turkish lira lost 80%, the Argentina peso around 94.5%,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at a recent crypto conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

Nearly all transactions in Venezuela took place in dollars owing to the hyperinflation and eventual worthlessness of the local bolivar currency.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

In 1983 the drop in oil prices led to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar, which ended a substantial flow of Venezuelan tourists to the islands.

From The 1990 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

His plan to hold his inauguration at a military garrison in the south of the country rather than at the traditional Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá seems a good start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Michael Schmitz, a geophysics professor at Simón Bolívar University and Central University of Venezuela, said he feared casualties could reach 50,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

His first major recording boasted startlingly propulsive performances of Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, with the uproarious Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, recorded 20 years ago this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

Even Símon Bolívar, Venezuela’s “El Libertador,” looked the other way when his cronies squandered the finances of the country.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

And in return therefor he knew it would expect, not without reason, the coöperation of the Church in case the President’s interference in the province of Bolívar should precipitate a general revolt.

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

Some companies with long-stalled projects in southern Bolivar state began positioning themselves to return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

"We swear absolute loyalty and subordination," said Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, who presented Rodriguez with the ceremonial baton and sword of independence hero Simon Bolivar.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

In her remarks, Machado described the story of military general who fought in America's Revolutionary War who had given a medal to Simon Bolivar, one of the founding father's of modern Venezuela.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

Dudamel arrived in New York on Tuesday, having spent two weeks conducting the Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela, his homeland orchestra, to open Coldplay’s concerts at Glastonbury in England, just as the newly named U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

“Any idea why Eliot Bolivar stopped writing poems for the parish magazine?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Venezuelans are accustomed to wild fluctuations in just about everything — the cost of food, the value of the bolívar, the availability of gasoline and electricity, internet access and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

NP: I think my question there is, what you were describing with the dollar and the bolívar is a bad system for most Venezuelans, right?

From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2021

After saying an emotional goodbye to his family, José arrived in Buenos Aires, with photographs and bolívar coins and tickets as memories of his life back home.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2020

Hyperinflation has made the Venezuelan bolívar practically worthless.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019

Petro coins: Amid soaring inflation rates, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced he is pegging the country’s new bolívar currency to its cryptocurrency.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2018

For a time last year, workers could pull out of their pockets a dollar or two and maybe even some worthless bolivares, the local currency.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

One big problem is that most Venezuelans earn their salaries in bolivares, the national currency, and don’t have easy access to dollars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022

Some teachers will remain absent for fear of getting sick or because of low salaries, she said, adding that the maximum monthly salary for her members is 118 bolivares, equivalent to $27.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2021

He also said that workers would receive 2.2m bolivares in meal tickets,

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2018

A dollar is worth about sixteen hundred bolivares at the moment.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016

In the hyperinflation of July 2021, sinking your teeth into one of these would have set you back 16.02 million bolivars.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Fishing is the main occupation in Guaca, and fishermen like Marín are paid in the Venezuelan currency, bolivars.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

The platform allowed users to exchange bolivars for dollar-pegged stablecoins that were more likely to hold their value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Increasingly, people live hand to mouth, buying a tomato here, a few onions there as they manage to scrape together enough bolivars for just the basics.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

Castro suppressed two newspapers which had become pronounced against him, and in his lack of sufficient funds to carry on the war, levied a million bolivars from the widow of Guzman Blanco, the former president.

From Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound by Victor St. Clair