rings a bell/rings my bell

[poli]

In earlier thread this subject was brought up, but not fully explored. Both dichos are valid but,
Son dos dichos que tienen sentidos muy distintos.
Rings a bell significa que hay algo en un nombre que provoca una memoria
o conocimiento. Ejemplo: Does the name Penelope Cruz ring a bell? Yes, that name rings a bell.
Rings my bell es algo o alguien que encuentra agradable. En particular una atracción que una persona puede tener para otra. (puede tener una conotación de atracción sexual.)Ejemplo: That Penelope Cruz, she really
rings my bell.

One word makes a big difference. The little words are often zarcadillas.

[Jane]

the bit about rings my bell reminds me of an earlier thread...
http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=1262

...
Poli, what´s zarcadillas?

[poli]

That's right Jane. There's also a thread today that dealt with ring a bill/ring my bell. I just wanted to make sure that the English students know that both sayings are valid. Zarcadilla is like a trap, or something to
trip over like little words that confuse students of foreign languages--
certainly in the case of English and Spanish. They tend to betray us.

[CrOtALiTo]

Hello, good night.

Could you explain me more about of this thread please.

rings a bell.

What do you are talking about?

[poli]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Hello, good night.

Could you explain me more about of this thread please.

rings a bell.

What you are talking about?

Crotalito,
Ring a bell es un dicho en inglés que significa despierta un recuerdo.
Ring my bell es un dicho en inglés que significa despierta un deseo.

Ihope this helps.

[CrOtALiTo]

All right, here example one. She ring my bell, always, that I see her.

I hope my example is good.

[Alfonso]

Be careful:

• Zarcadilla
• Zancadilla

[María José]

So, Alfonso, how do you translate ¿Quién me ha puesto la zancadilla?

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

All right, here example one goes: She rings my bell everytime I see her.

I hope my example is good.

.....

[María José]

Originally Posted by poli

Crotalito,
Ring a bell es un dicho en inglés que significa despierta un recuerdo.
Ring my bell es un dicho en inglés que significa despierta un deseo.

Ihope this helps.

Lovely explanation, Poli. I mean it, I'm not being .

[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by Gemma

So, Alfonso, how do you translate ¿Quién me ha puesto la zancadilla?

Who triped me up?

[María José]

There's a tiny something missing.

[Alfonso]

Who tripped me up?

[María José]

Yeah! You are soooo clever...

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

All right, here example one. She ring my bell, always, that I see her.

Alfonso already corrected this, but I wanted to offer another option. Crotalito, no sólo aquí, sino en otros mensajes también, you have been translating the indefinite article (un o una) to one and placing it behind the noun. En vez de traducir un ejemplo por example one, translate un to a (the indefinite article) and leave it where it was (before the noun). If the noun begins with a vowel other than u, translate un to an, instead. My correction is in red, Alfonso's correction is in purple:

All right, here's an example. She rings my bell everytime I see her.