bispa
Portuguese, noun/ˈbis.pɐ/
bispa is spelled B-I-S-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bispa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of bispo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que é membra, com posição de destaque, na estrutura hierárquica de uma Igreja Evangélica”.
What does bispa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bispo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que é membra, com posição de destaque, na estrutura hierárquica de uma Igreja Evangélica 2. sacerdotisa evangélica responsável por uma instituição religiosa 3. feminino hipotético do cargo equivalente na Igreja Católica (sacerdote católico responsável por uma diocese)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bispa
- bispas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bispa?
- Brazil /ˈbis.pɐ/
- /ˈbiʃ.pɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbiʃ.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bispa in Portuguese?
bispa appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).