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obispo

Spanish, noun

obispo is spelled O-B-I-S-P-O (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obispo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “bishop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of obispar. With an accent, obispó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of obispar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En la Iglesia Católica, sacerdote de alta investidura, encargado de gobernar una diócesis, que es nombrado…”.

What does obispo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebishop

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of obispar

verb

as obispó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of obispar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. En la Iglesia Católica, sacerdote de alta investidura, encargado de gobernar una diócesis, que es nombrado por el Papa. 2. En diversas religiones, sacerdote de alto rango.

noun: 1. Embutido grande, hecho con carne de cerdo cocida y otros ingredientes, condimentado con diversas especias. 2. (Pteromylaeus bovinus) Pez marino de la familia de las rayas de hasta metro y medio sin contar la cola. 3. (Aetobatus narinari) Pez de la familia de las rayas, de dorso jaspeado y vientre blanco, que habita aguas cálidas y tropicales de todo el mundo. Alcanza gran tamaño, con una envergadura de hasta 3 m.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of obispo

  • obispos plural
  • obispa feminine
  • obispas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to obispo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is obispo in Spanish?

obispo appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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