Definition of speaks:
(v) :
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
(v) :
(intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
(v) :
(intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
(v) :
(transitive) To utter.
(v) :
(transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
(v) :
(transitive, stative) To be able to communicate in a language.