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• Sucre
  Sucre

  noun

  Antonio José de 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
• sucre
  sucre

  noun

  the former standard monetary unit of Ecuador (before the adoption of the US dollar in 2000), divided into 100 centavos

Sucre

American  

[soo-kre] / ˈsu krɛ /

noun

1. Antonio José de 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.

2. a city in and the official capital of Bolivia, in the S part.

3. (lowercase) a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Ecuador, equal to 100 centavos. S.

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Sucre ¹ British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. Former name (until 1839): Chuquisaca.  the legal capital of Bolivia, in the south central part of the country in the E Andes: university (1624). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)

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Sucre ² British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. Antonio José de (anˈtonjo xoˈse de). 1795–1830, South American liberator, born in Venezuela, who assisted Bolivar in the colonial revolt against Spain; first president of Bolivia (1826–28)

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sucre ³ British  

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. the former standard monetary unit of Ecuador (before the adoption of the US dollar in 2000), divided into 100 centavos

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Etymology

Origin of sucre

C19: after Antonio José de _Sucre

Example Sentences

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For Juan Garcia, a 21-year-old fisherman from the coastal state of Sucre, Rodriguez faces a "very complex situation."

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

Fisherwoman Yurmari Martínez remembers a time, 20 years ago, when Sucre was a "place with potential".

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Goldfarb remembers the dessert heyday when these dishes were more than just an afterthought at Espai Sucre in Barcelona, ChikaLicious and P*ong in New York.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025

Mr. García Márquez was born in Aracataca in 1927 and was raised largely by his maternal grandparents before he moved to Sucre to live with his parents at age 8.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

"Trust to Sucre and Miller; they'll pull us through."

From At the Point of the Sword by Herbert Hayens

In 2000, Ecuador responded to an economic crisis by replacing its own currency, the sucre, with dollars — a process called “dollarization’’ — and has stuck with it.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023

They tended to associate this genre of music with the drivel piped into a touristy sugar shack, or cabane à sucre: ceaseless marionette music cluttered with the infernal racket of spoons.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

There locals opened their church and stuffed it with table after table of desserts: pudding chômeur, sucre à la crème and every imaginable tarte.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2013

The Greece situation would be different, however, because, unlike the sucre, the euro would still exist.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2011

“Five. Look at the fine cloth. Here, feel it. Not a sucre less than five.”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau