"No basta sonar diamantes" ?

Question

I'm really new so I apologize if I'm breaking any rules...

When translating this phrase, "No basta sonar diamantes", it keeps resulting in this phrase, A diamond ring is not enough.
But in no dictionary do I see that "sonar" is ever translated as a physical ring, like "anillo"

Can you help me with this? It's from the song, "Dame Amor" from Air Supply by the way. One way I try to learn more vocabulary is translating spanish songs to english. Easier said than done

Hola, Bienvenido al foro! Good question! Thanks. - rac1, May 21, 2012

Air Supply has Spanish songs? - missy8888, May 21, 2012

Yes, Air Supply has at least ONE spanish song :) I saw it on facebook, someone had it on their wall. - bbrising, May 23, 2012

Answer 1

"No basta soñar diamantes" "It's not enough to dream [about] diamonds"

It seems that the person who wrote the lyrics didn't have the letter Ñ

Well that explains it, lol. I didn't even see that sentence in la letra. - sinsonte, May 21, 2012

They must have two versions of the lyrics, one in English and one in Spanish - comunacho, May 21, 2012

I think it's because the transcript that I read doesn't have the adlibs (I think that quote isn't actually part of the songs lyrics) - sinsonte, May 21, 2012

Thank you so much! - bbrising, May 23, 2012

Answer 2

Hi bbrising ? Asking a question to gain knowledge is never breaking any rules at SpanishDict. In the sentence “No basta sonar diamantes” there are two cognitive Spanish trains of thought. Basta means : That’s/it’s enough. If you place a no in front of Basta…No basta means: That’s/It’s not enough. Basta is normally followed by the Spanish conjuction de and an unconjugated verb. (infinitive) (Basta de + verb infinitive) A verb infinitive is a verb which has not been conjugated. No basta de + verb = That’s/It’s not enough + (meaning of the selected verb). The writer of this song chose the Spanish verb Soñar. Soñar is always coupled with the conjunction con. Soñar con means: to dream about. The writer mistakenly omitted con. The sentence should have read…”No basta de soñar con diamantes” = That’s/It’s not enough to dream about diamonds. All verbs come in one of three infinitive forms…ar, er, ir. Most verbs have regular conjugated forms. (standard forms) Soñar is an irregular ar stem changing verb, In that, it’s stem o changes to ue in most of the present indicative conjugations. Sueño, sueñas, sueña, soñamos, and sueñan. We are happy that you chose ****SpanishDict**" as a tool you can utilize. Good luck. Viejito

Thank you so much, it makes sense now!!! You guys rock :) - bbrising, May 23, 2012

Answer 3

Air Supply - Dame Amor

Sonar