Me suena

Me suena
 

• Me suena.
• It rings my a bell. (Corrected thanks to Gemma).

Any other way to say the same thing in English?


I thought there was an idiom with sound, but every time I say your face sounds to me, I get the wrong answer.

• Me suena tu cara.

How can I say this in English?

Thanks a lot for your help!

The correct expression is it rings a bell.
To translate me suena tu cara, you would say:Your face sounds familiar.

Thanks a lot, Gemma!
So, your face sounds familiar, but, don't you have to put the complement to me, to you, to someone?

No, just like that. The object is understood from the context.;)

It's better to say. "your face looks familiar"
In English we can say, "That sounds good to me" when referring to an idea or a proposal. Example: Do you want to go to the movies tonight?
That sounds good to me me. (this means yes)
Gemma and Alfonso, "you face sounds familiar" is really wrong.

I made this researching. I've done this research: (correction thanks to Poli)

• 859,000 de "looks familiar". (0.46 segundos)
• 1,760,000 de "sounds familiar". (0.40 segundos)

So both might be correct.

Both are correct, but their meanings are different.

So, I guess, something looks familiar when you can see it. And something sounds familiar when you can hear it. Great!

By George, you've got it!

If you try to teach a language you should never take anything for granted anything. Sometimes, I find myself teaching very simple things to very intelligent people. When you don't speak the language, you're like a child (remember that friend of you, although I don't believe he was tonto). They just don't share my linguistic world. It's really rewarding when you realise you not only convey a list of vocabulary, a new grammar and a number of new sounds, but also a new point of view over the universe. Is this exaggerating? No, it is not.

You say: you should never take anything for granted.

Your face looks familiar. This place looks familiar, I must have been here before.
This song sounds familiar.Your voice sounds familiar.

Sounds familiar is correct, but a face doesn't sound familiar. A familiar-sounding face is an absurd idea. If you don't believe a native English speaker, it's OK with me, but be aware, people will look at you oddly if you say it. Here's the rule:
1) An idea or a proposal may sound familiar.
2) An image looks familiar.

We do believe you, Poli. I guess I was thinking in Spanish when I first translated the sentence: Me suena tu cara.
:pelota::love:you.

Thanks Gemma. So, now I need you to tell me what does Me suena tu cara mean? Does it mean you face is familiar to me?

Yeah.:)

Great research guys. In addition to the options mentioned, sometimes I would translate me suena as I think I've seen that before.

Aren't we clever?;)

Boys, then. How is the way correct of say (Me suena haber escuchado esa canción)

It seems to me I've heard that song before.