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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importí, past participle importat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “importar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “importar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “importar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “importar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Galician
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)
- (transitive) to import
- (transitive) to amount
- 1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos e Farruco:
- Eu ben sei que si lle preghuntases esto ó Capitán, pode mui ben que che digha que non se acorda canto levou, pero para quitar a duda podes faser esta conta. Vinte e un foron os quintos, dandolle a cada un seis reás por día, importa sento e vinte e seis, e si nas dés leghuas tardaron tres días ghastaron tresentos setenta e oito, e dandolle ó que os levou outro tanto, asende o total a setesentos sincuenta e seis reás; ¿e os qué faltan hasta tres mil e seisentos?
- I know for certain that if you ask this to the captain, quite probably he will say that he doesn't remember how much money he took, but to clear up any doubt you can do this count. There were twenty-one conscripts, giving six reals each one per day, this amounts to a hundred and twenty-six; and if ten leagues took them three days, then they expended three hundred and seventy-eight. Giving the same amount to the guide, the total rises to seven hundred and fifty-six reals; what about what's missing up to three thousand and six hundred?
- (intransitive) to matter (be important)
Conjugation
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “importar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “importar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “importar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English import, French importer, Italian importare, Spanish importar, from Latin importāre, 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)
- (intransitive) to matter, be important (to good order)
- Ka ol reale importas?
- Does it really matter?
Conjugation
Derived terms
- importo (“magnitude, consideration, consequence, weight, significance”)
- importanta (“important”)
- importanto (“important person”)
- importajo (“important thing”)
Paronyms
- importacar (“to import”)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)
- (transitive) to import
- (intransitive) to matter (be important)
- Não importa. ― It does not matter.
- (intransitive, pronominal) to mind, to care [with com ‘about something’; or with que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘whether something is the case’]
- (catenative, pronominal) to mind [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
- Importa-se de abrir a janela?
- Would you mind opening the window?
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importé, past participle importado)
- to matter, to be important [with a ‘someone’] (often translated idiomatically with English care or mind, with subject and object reversed)
- No me importa.
- I don't care. / I don't mind. / It doesn't matter (to me). / It’s not important (to me).
- No importa.
- Never mind. / No matter.
- No me importa el dinero.
- I don’t care about money.
- ¿A mí qué me importa?
- What do I care?
- ¿Le importaría si cambiamos de asiento?
- Would you mind if we switch seats?
- 2019 April 17, Sergio Morales Rodas, “Más de 100 mil familias y menores han sido detenidos en la frontera sur de EE. UU.”, in Prensa Libre:
- A los migrantes guatemaltecos poco les ha importado la retórica del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y sus continuas advertencias de que no recibirá a solicitantes de asilo.
- Guatemalan migrants have cared little about the rhetoric of the United States president Donald Trump and his constant warnings that he will not receive asylum seekers.
- 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español:
- De cierta manera, el Galaxy S21 ofrece un mejor balance de todo lo que ofrece y su precio, y, por eso, debería ser en muchas ocasiones la primera opción para considerar para la mayoría de personas que quieren un celular Android y no quieren necesariamente lo mejor de lo mejor sin importar su costo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to import
- Antonym: exportar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
- a mí qué me importa
- a quién le importa
- a tí qué te importa
- importador
- importar un bledo
- importar un carajo
- importar un comino
- importar un huevo
- importar un pepino
- importe
- no importa
- qué me importa
- qué te importa
Related terms
Further reading
- “importar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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