leva

A tourist exchanges euros for leva at the currency counter.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Monetary unit: "leva" is the plural form of "lev," which is the primary monetary unit of Bulgaria. It is subdivided into 100 stotinki.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The price of the souvenir was 50 leva. (The cost was fifty units of Bulgarian currency.)
  • She exchanged her dollars for leva at the Sofia airport. (She converted her American dollars into Bulgarian currency.)

Advanced Usage

• "to pay in leva": to settle a transaction using Bulgarian currency.

  • It is better to pay in leva than in euros to avoid conversion fees. (Using local currency reduces extra costs.)

• "leva banknotes": paper money issued in denominations of the Bulgarian lev.

  • The 20-leva note features the image of a famous Bulgarian poet. (A specific denomination of the currency.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lev (noun, singular): the base unit of Bulgarian currency.

  • The exchange rate is 1.96 leva to one euro. (One lev equals approximately 0.51 euros.)

• Stotinka (noun, singular): a subdivision of the lev; 100 stotinki equal 1 lev.

  • The coin is worth 50 stotinki. (Half of one lev.)

Synonyms

• Bulgarian currency: the official money system of Bulgaria.
• BGN: the ISO currency code for the Bulgarian lev (plural: leva).

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