. . . "You will have to speak to him.2 if something such as a poem, painting, or piece of music speaks to you, you like it because it expresses a particular meaning, quality, or feeling to you: Modern art just does not speak to me.speak up phrasal verb1 used to ask someone to speak louder: Could you speak up, please?2 to say something, especially to express your opinion: There was a brief silence, then Gera" .