obispo

See also: Obispo, and obispó

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po]
• Rhymes: -ispo
• Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (Basahan spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. (Christianity) bishop

Related terms

• arsobispo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis̪.po]
• Rhymes: -ispo
• Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (Badlit spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. (Christianity) a bishop
2. the bishop chess piece
3. (humorous) a favored guest, especially in a feast

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish obispo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbispo/, [oˈbis.po]
• Rhymes: -ispo
• Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (plural obispos)

1. (Christianity) bishop

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po]
• Rhymes: -ispo
• Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (Kur-itan spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. (Christianity) bishop

Related terms

• arsobispo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbispo/ [oˈβ̞is.po]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ispo
• Syllabification: o‧bis‧po

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin episcopus (“overseer, bishop”) (compare Catalan bisbe, French évêque, Italian vescovo, Portuguese bispo, and ultimately English bishop), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “one who watches over, overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), from σκοπέω (skopéō, “to contemplate, to behold”).

Noun

obispo m (plural obispos, feminine obispa, feminine plural obispas)

1. bishop
   • 1981, Gabriel García Márquez, Crónica de una muerte anunciada:

     El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó as las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cada muerte de obispo
• obispado m
• obispal
• obispar (verb)
• obispo auxiliar

 

Related terms

• arzobispo
• episcopal

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: obispo
• → Bikol Central: obispo
• → Cebuano: obispo
• → Ilocano: obispo
• → Papiamentu: obispo, obispu
• → Tagalog: obispo
• → Waray-Waray: obispo

See also

• alfil
• diócesis

Etymology 2

Verb

obispo

1. first-person singular present indicative of obispar

Further reading

• “obispo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po]
• Rhymes: -ispo
• Syllabification: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. (Christianity) bishop

   Synonym: (obsolete) sinyuldiya

2. (chess) bishop

   Synonym: alpil

3. a type of banana

Derived terms

• mag-obispo
• pagkaobispo
• tungkod-obispo

 

Related terms

• arsobispado
• arsobispo
• obispado
• obispalya

 

See also

• diyosesis

Further reading

• “obispo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018