What is the meaning of obispo in Spanish?

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Spanish Dictionary Word Meaning of obispo

1.1 bishop

Part of Speech - Spanish Dictionary word obispo

obispo is a Noun. A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

Spanish Dictionary Examples of Usage of obispo

1.1 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.
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Spanish Dictionary Word Forms of obispo

1. obispos (plural)
2. obispa (feminine)
3. obispas (feminine,plural)

History of obispo

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”).

Spanish Dictionary Prnounciation of obispo

/oˈbispo/