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Verb

importar ‎(first-person singular present importo, past participle importat)

1. to matter

   No m'importa.‎

   It's not important to me.

2. to import

Conjugation

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English import, French importer, Italian importare, Spanish importar, from Latin importāre, present active infinitive of importō, not to be confused with the paronym importacar ‎(“to import”).

Verb

importar (present tense importas, past tense importis, future tense importos, imperative importez, conditional importus)

1. (intransitive) to matter, be important (to good order)

   Ka ol reale importas?‎

   Does it really matter?

Conjugation

Conjugation of importar present past future tense importas importis importos perfect importabis importabos infinitive importar importir importor imperative importez importabez conditional importus importabus nominal active participle singular importanto importinto importonto plural importanti importinti importonti nominal passive participle singular importato importito importoto plural importati importiti importoti active participle importanta importinta importonta passive participle importata importita importota adverbial active participle importante importinte importonte adverbial passive participle importate importite importote

Derived terms

• importo ‎(“magnitude, consideration, consequence, weight, significance”)
• importanta ‎(“important”)
• importanto ‎(“important person”)
• importajo ‎(“important thing”)

Paronyms

• importacar ‎(“to import”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin importāre, present active infinitive of importō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

importar ‎(first-person singular present indicative importo, past participle importado)

1. (transitive) to import
2. (intransitive) to matter (be important)

   Não importa.‎ ― It does not matter.

3. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to mind

   Se não se importa.‎ ― If you don't mind.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de or que) to mind (to do something)

   Importa-se de abrir a janela?‎

   Would you mind opening the window?

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to care (about something)

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

importar ‎(first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importé, past participle importado)

1. to matter, to be important

   No me importa.

   It’s not important to me.

   No me importa el dinero.

   I don’t care about money.

   ¿A mí qué me importa?

   What do I care?

2. to import

Conjugation

Related terms

• importante
• importe