obispo

Noun

bishop

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of obispar

obispar

to become a bishop

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Hyphenated as

o‧bis‧po

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oˈbispo/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: bisbe

Cognate with French: évêque

Cognate with Italian: vescovo

Cognate with Portuguese: bispo

Cognate with English: bishop

In summary

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”).

Concepts

bishop

pontiff

sex toy

skate

sunfish

whip

eagle ray

bishop ray

duckbill ray

spotted eagle ray

bonnet skate

lady ray

leopard ray

mottled eagle ray

spotted stingray

whip ray

spotted duckbill ray

spotted whipray

duckbill eagle-ray

spotted bonnetray

flying ray

duckbil ray

spotted eagleray

white-spotted eagle ray

Synonyms

chucho

raya

bish

raya murciélago moteada

raya gavilán

gavilan pintado

raya pico de pato

chucho pintado

raya aguila

wakawa

raya águila

Translations

évêque

vescovo

Bischof

biskup

bisschop

bispo

επίσκοπος

episcopus

piskopos

bisbe

bisbo

avesque

véscovo

أسقف

episcopo

Sentences

Como obispo se sentía responsable de anunciar el Evangelio .

As a bishop he felt responsible for proclaiming the Gospel.

Esta bajo la responsabilidad pastoral del obispo Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos .

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos.