obispo

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

obispo

1. (Christianity) bishop

• arsobispo

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

obispo

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

From Spanish obispo.

obispo

1. (Christianity) bishop

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

obispo

1. (Christianity) bishop

• arsobispo

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”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈbispo/ [oˈβ̞is.po]

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

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

1. bishop

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

• alfil
• diócesis

obispo

1. first-person singular present indicative of obispar

• “obispo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

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

obispo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

1. (Christianity) bishop

   Synonym: (obsolete) sinyuldiya

2. (chess) bishop

   Synonym: alpil

3. a type of banana

• diyosesis

• “obispo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018