No le suena de nada
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This phrase uses the verb 'sonar' in a defective, gustar-like construction where the entity being recognized acts as the grammatical subject. The indirect object pronoun 'le' denotes the experiencer (third-person singular). The prepositional modifier 'de nada' functions as an intensifier expressing absolute lack of familiarity.
Sample sentences
Le mostré una foto del sospechoso a la testigo, pero dijo que no le suena de nada.
I showed a photo of the suspect to the witness, but she said it doesn't ring a bell at all.
Le pregunté por esa película clásica y me contestó que no le suena de nada.
I asked him about that classic movie, and he replied that he doesn't recognize it at all.
Aunque esa canción fue muy famosa en los ochenta, a mi hermano menor no le suena de nada.
Even though that song was very famous in the eighties, it doesn't ring a bell at all to my younger brother.
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Example
Le mostré una foto del sospechoso a la testigo, pero dijo que no le suena de nada.
I showed a photo of the suspect to the witness, but she said it doesn't ring a bell at all.
Le pregunté por esa película clásica y me contestó que no le suena de nada.
I asked him about that classic movie, and he replied that he doesn't recognize it at all.
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