speak to | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To giveevidenceregarding something; toattestor provide evidence for; tobespeak.2006, Staff of Vault,The College Buzz Book, page176:This definitelyspeaks tothe fact that at Georgetown, beginning at the admissions process, you're not a number but a real person.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, inEnglish World-Wide‎[1], page 7:Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definitionspeak tothe multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.; (idiomatic)Toaddressa particular topic.1981,McGill journal of education:Education for beingspeaks towhat grows within the person himself; (idiomatic)To (figuratively)resonatewith; to feel emotionally relevant to.His music reallyspeaks tome.2023August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, inCosmopolitan‎[2]:With its pastel cover and pro-LGBTQ+ anthem “You Need to Calm Down,” Lover got a ton of airplay in that two-bedroom apartment. And the breakup songs—“Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “I Forgot That You Existed”—certainlyspoke tome.

Examples:

EN: I must speak to you.
ES: Debo hablarte.
EN: Lady Beltham, it is necessary that I see you again and that I speak to you.
ES: La espero el miércoles a la medianoche en su antigua cámara. Gurn
EN: Do not speak to me anymore in French, and serve me roast rib, barbecues meat and guasacaca... if you have it.
ES: No me habla más en musiú, y me sirve costilla asada, carne a la llanera y guasacaca... si tiene.
EN: "There is a man in your office who wants to speak to you, father."
ES: "Hay un hombre en tu despacho que quiere hablarte, padre."
EN: I didn't dare to speak to you about it earlier, and since I wasn't certain, I didn't want to believe... but I can't doubt it anymore. However I'm pregnant.
ES: No lo he querido hacer por no estar segura, no lo quería creer, pero ya no hay duda: estoy encinta.
EN: Dear son, Since the death of your mother our relation was more that of comrades than that of father and son, and that is why I can now speak to you as a friend.
ES: Querido hijo, Desde la muerte de tu madre, nuestra relación ha sido más la de unos buenos amigos que la de padre e hijo. Por eso quiero ahora hablar contigo de amigo a amigo.
EN: The game is in full motion when Yukio asks to speak to mr. Barnes.
ES: El juego está en pleno apogeo cuando Yukio pregunta por mister Barnes.
EN: "I must speak to the Father Superior."
ES: Debo hablar con el superior.
EN: "This is how you speak to me, for whose sake I have left my mother and my bride?"
ES: "¿Me hablas así, cuando he abandonado por ti a mi madre y a mi prometida?"
EN: After that day, Sir Archie often ventured to Torarin's cottage to speak to Elsalill.
ES: Después de ese día, Sir Archie iría con frecuencia a la casa de Torarin para hablar con Elsalill.
EN: I must speak to Elsalill before we depart."
ES: Yo tengo que hablar con Elsalill antes de partir."
EN: He knew how to speak to them, with visionary images that roused energy and made them clutch their rifles harder.
ES: Él sabía cómo hablarles, con imagenes de visionario que infundían energías y los hacía aferrar sus rifles aún más fuerte.
EN: Can I speak to you outside?
ES: ¿Puedo hablarle fuera?
EN: "And if you don't believe my words, the stones will speak to you! --"
ES: "¡Y si dudan de mis palabras, entonces, las piedras hablarán!"
EN: "I have decided to see my daughter and speak to her... as my only friend, I ask you to accompany me to her cell."
ES: He decidido ir a ver a mi hija y hablarle. Como mi único amigo, te pido me acompañes a su celda.

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