# obispo
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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: /oˈbispo/, [oˈbis.po]
* Rhymes: -ispo
* Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

### Noun

obispo (plural obispos)
* (Christianity) bishop

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po]
* Rhymes: -ispo
* Hyphenation: o‧bis‧po

### Noun

obispo (Kur-itan spelling ᜂᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)
* (Christianity) bishop

#### Related terms

* arsobispo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈbispo/ [oˈβ̞is.po]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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
** 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
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish obispo (“bishop”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔoˈbispo/ [ʔoˈbis.po]
* Rhymes: -ispo
* Syllabification: o‧bis‧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
* tungkod-obispo

#### Related terms

* arsobispado
* arsobispo
* obispado
* obispalya

#### See also

* diyosesis

### Further reading

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