obispo

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See also: Obispo and obispó

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Noun

obispo

  1. (Christianity) bishop

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Noun

obispo

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish obispo.

Noun

obispo

  1. (Christianity) bishop

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Noun

obispo

  1. (Christianity) bishop

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈbispo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ispo
  • Syllabification: o‧bis‧po

Etymology 1

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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)
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Descendants
  • Chavacano: obispo
  • → Bikol Central: obispo
  • → Cebuano: obispo
  • → Ilocano: obispo
  • → Papiamentu: obispo, obispu
  • → Tagalog: obispo
  • → Waray-Waray: obispo
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Etymology 2

Verb

obispo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of obispar

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔoˈbispo/,
  • Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

Noun

obispo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

  1. (Christianity) bishop
    Synonym: (obsolete) sinyuldiya
  2. (chess) bishop
    Synonym: alpil
  3. a type of banana

Coordinate terms

Chess pieces in Tagalog · mga piyesa sa ahedres (layout · text)
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hari reyna tore obispo/alpil kabayo peon

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Further reading

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