bispo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbis.pu/
bispo is spelled B-I-S-P-O (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bispo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bishop (an overseer of congregations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sacerdote existente em várias confissões cristãs responsável por uma diocese”.
What does bispo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebishop (an overseer of congregations)
- 2
masculinebishop (a game piece)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sacerdote existente em várias confissões cristãs responsável por uma diocese 2. peça do jogo de xadrez que se move na diagonal 3. sacerdote evangélico responsável por uma instituição (feminino, nessa acepção: bispa) 4. esturro da comida
noun: 1. sobrenome em português
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 bispo
- bispos plural
- bispa feminine
- bispas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bispo?
- Brazil /ˈbis.pu/
- /ˈbiʃ.pu/
- Portugal /ˈbiʃ.pu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bispo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bispo in Portuguese?
bispo appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).