Sucre

[ soo-kre ]

noun

1. An·to·nio Jo·sé de [ahn-, taw, -nyaw haw-, se, , th, e], 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.

Sucre

¹

/ ˈsukre /

noun

1. SucreAntonio José de17951830MBolivianVenezuelanPOLITICS: liberatorPOLITICS: head of state 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)

sucre

²

/ ˈsukre /

noun

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

Sucre

³

/ ˈsukre /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sucre¹

C19: after Antonio José de Sucre

Example Sentences

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

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

The people that had their money in sucres — which was all of the lower classes and most of the middle class — lost half their money relative to the world economy.

From Salon

A devout and often disappointed Francophile I ate with eyed the crepes au sucre warily.

From New York Times

QUITO, Ecuador—Devalued and derided, this country’s former currency, the sucre, has been out of circulation for so long that when shopkeeper Raúl Jumbo was shown an old 20-sucre coin he didn’t recognize it.

From Wall Street Journal