beles
See also: belés, bêles, and bêlés
Catalan
Verb
beles
- second-person singular present indicative form of belar
Old French
Adjective
beles
- feminine nominative/oblique plural of biau
Tagalog
Etymology
Derived from Spanish maravedís, plural of maravedí, ultimately from Arabic مُرَابِطِين (murābiṭīn, literally “holy men”), the name of the Almoravid rulers of Muslim Spain during the 12th century.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: be‧les
- IPA(key): /ˈbeles/, [ˈbe.les]
Noun
beles
- (historical) half-centavo coins (used during the Spanish occupation)
- Synonyms: kusing, binting, kumag
Derived terms
- wala ni isang beles
Further reading
- “beles”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Lopez, Cecilio (1965), “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua, volume 14, DOI:, ISSN 0024-3841, page 467–504
Volapük
Noun
beles
- dative plural of bel