obispo

== 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) (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) (Christianity) a bishop the bishop chess piece (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) (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) (Christianity) bishop ==== Related terms ==== arsobispo == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈbispo/ [oˈβ̞is.po] 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) bishop ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== 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 first-person singular present indicative of obispar === Further reading === “obispo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin episcopus (“overseer, bishop”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”). The sense “banana” is a Hispanicized distortion of bisko. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po] Rhymes: -ispo Syllabification: o‧bis‧po === Noun === obispo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ) (Christianity) bishop Synonym: (obsolete) sinyuldiya (chess) bishop Synonym: alpil (botany) saba banana Synonyms: saba, (obsolete) bisko ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== diyosesis === Further reading === “obispo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018