bolívar

m.

1 bolivar, unit currency of Venezuela.

2 Bolivar, Simon Bolivar.

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bolívar

► nombre masculino

1 bolivar (monetary unit of Venezuela)

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SM Venezuelan currency unit

- no verle la cara a Bolívar

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masculino bolivar (Venezuelan unit of currency)

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masculino bolivar (Venezuelan unit of currency)

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bolívar

masculine

bolivar (Venezuelan unit of currency)

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bolívar sustantivo masculino
bolivar (Venezuelan unit of currency)
bolívar sustantivo masculino bolivar (national currency of Venezuela)
'bolívar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
céntimo

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Bolívar n pr

(Simón) Bolívar (Simon) Bolivar

BOLÍVAR

The greatest of the leaders of Latin America's struggle for independence from Spain, Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 24 July 1783. From an early age he was an advocate of independence from Spain, and he propagandized for it on his travels through Latin America, Europe and the United States. Venezuela declared itself independent in 1811 at his prompting, and in 1813 he led a victorious army into Caracas, gaining for himself the title of “Libertador” (“Liberator”). In 1819 he founded the state of Gran Colombia (including modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador), and became its first president. His only rival of equivalent stature was José de San Martin, who freed his native Argentina and helped in the liberation of Chile and Peru. After Bolivar met San Martin in 1822, the Argentinian resigned his position as protector of Peru and went into exile in France. Bolivar's subsequent victory at the battle of Ayacucho in 1824 finally secured independence for Peru and brought an end to Spanish rule in South America. In 1826 he opened the Congress of Panama, which sought to give concrete form to his ideal of a united confederation of Latin American states – an ideal which has been cherished by many Latin Americans since his day. Disillusioned by the failure of his pan-American ideal in practice, he retired from public life in 1830 and died on 17 December of the same year.

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bolívar

m bolivar (currency unit of Venezuela)

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bolívar nm

: bolivar (monetary unit of Venezuela)