beles

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.les]

beles

1. second-person singular present indicative of belar

beles

1. feminine nominative/oblique plural of biau

• biles
• bilis

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. Doublet of marabilis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbeles/ [ˈbɛː.lɛs]
• Rhymes: -eles
• Syllabification: be‧les

beles (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. (historical) half-centavo coins (used during the Spanish occupation)

   Synonyms: kusing, binting, kumag, marabilis

• wala ni isang beles

• “beles”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎^[1], volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 467–504

beles

1. dative plural of bel