obispo
See also: Obispo and obispó
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).
Noun
obispo
- (Christianity) bishop
Related terms
- arsobispo
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).
Noun
obispo
- (Christianity) a bishop
- the bishop chess piece
- (humorous) a favored guest, especially in a feast
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish obispo.
Noun
obispo
- (Christianity) bishop
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).
Noun
obispo
- (Christianity) bishop
Related terms
- arsobispo
Spanish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbispo/ [oˈβ̞is.po]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ispo
- Syllabification: o‧bis‧po
Noun
obispo m (plural obispos, feminine obispa, feminine plural obispas)
- bishop
Derived terms
- cada muerte de obispo
- obispado m
- obispal
- obispar (verb)
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
Verb
obispo
- first-person singular present indicative of obispar
Further reading
- “obispo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po
- IPA(key): /ʔoˈbispo/, [ʔoˈbis.po]
Noun
obispo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)
- (Christianity) bishop
- Synonym: (obsolete) sinyuldiya
- (chess) bishop
- Synonym: alpil
- a type of banana
Coordinate terms
| Chess pieces in Tagalog · mga piyesa sa ahedres (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |
| hari | reyna | tore | obispo/alpil | kabayo | peon |
Derived terms
- mag-obispo
- pagkaobispo
Related terms
- arsobispado
- arsobispo
- obispado
- obispalya
See also
- diyosesis
Further reading
- “obispo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018