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ring a bell en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal) To seem at least vaguely familiar.
   • Our boy tells me Fring took him there to visit one of the patients, someone Pinkman says you'll definitely remember — Tio Salamanca. Old guy in a wheelchair? Uh... doesn't talk, rings a bell. Huh — I mean, does that ring a bell? I mean, the guy actually has to ring a bell. 2011, Vince Gilligan, “Face Off”, in Breaking Bad, season 4, episode 13 (television production), spoken by Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk):
   • His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere.
2. (idiomatic, informal) To spark a previously forgotten memory.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ring, a, bell.

Forms

Translations (25)

hu ismerősen cseng (to seem vaguely familiar) · es sonar (to seem vaguely familiar) · cs to mi něco připomíná (to seem vaguely familiar) · it far venire in mente (to seem vaguely familiar) · it suonare familiare (to seem vaguely familiar) · fi soittaa kelloa (to seem vaguely familiar) · ru быть знако́мым (to seem vaguely familiar) · pt lembrar (algo) (to seem vaguely familiar) · cmn 聽起來熟悉 /听起来熟悉 (to seem vaguely familiar) · de bekannt vorkommen (to seem vaguely familiar) · gl soar (to seem vaguely familiar) · ru припомина́ть (to seem vaguely familiar) · fr dire quelque chose (to seem vaguely familiar) · nl iets zeggen (to seem vaguely familiar) · ca sonar (to seem vaguely familiar) · cs to mi něco říká (to seem vaguely familiar) · cs to mi přijde povědomé (to seem vaguely familiar) · pt soar familiar (to seem vaguely familiar) · hu ismerős (to seem vaguely familiar) · sv ringa en klocka (to seem vaguely familiar) · pt dizer alguma coisa (to seem vaguely familiar) · nl een belletje doen rinkelen (to seem vaguely familiar) · et tuttav ette tulema (to seem vaguely familiar) · de etwas sagen (to seem vaguely familiar) · hu rémlik (to seem vaguely familiar)