Definition of telles:
(v) :
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(v) :
(transitive) To instruct or inform.
(v) :
(transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
(v) :
(transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
(v) :
(transitive) To reveal.
(v) :
(transitive or intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.