importante

See also: împortante

Asturian

Etymology

From importar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtante/, [ĩm.poɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante (epicene, plural importantes)

1. important (having relevant and crucial value)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish importante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔimpoɾˈtante/, [ʔim.poɾˈtan̪.te]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importánte (intensified importantehon, Basahan spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜍ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. important

   Synonym: mahalaga

Related terms

• importansiya

 

Esperanto

Adverb

importante

1. present adverbial active participle of importi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃t/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

importante

1. feminine singular of important

Anagrams

• Tartempion
• trompaient

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtante/ [im.poɾˈt̪an̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante m or f (plural importantes)

1. important

Related terms

• importancia
• importar

Further reading

• “importante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.porˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tàn‧te

Etymology 1

From importare +‎ -ante.

Adjective

importante (plural importanti, superlative importantissimo)

1. important

Alternative forms

• inportante (misspelling)

Derived terms

• importantissimo
• importanza

Etymology 2

Participle

importante (plural importanti)

1. present participle of importare

Further reading

• importante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Montaperti, improntate, partimento, portamenti

Latin

Participle

importante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of importāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importantem (“importing; causing”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.pohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.pohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.poχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poɻˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante m or f (plural importantes)

1. important (having relevant and crucial value)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:importante

   Antonyms: desnecessário, irrelevante, insignificativo

2. influential

   Synonyms: influente, poderoso, reputado

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:importante.

Related terms

• importância
• importar

 

Further reading

• “importante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• импортанте (importante) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.porˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante m or f or n (masculine plural importanți, feminine and neuter plural importante)

1. Obsolete form of important.

Declension

Declension of importante

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	importante		importante	importanți	importante
	definite	importantele		importantea	importanții	importantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	importante		importante	importanți	importante
	definite	importantelui		importantei	importanților	importantelor

References

• importante in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From importar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtante/ [ĩm.poɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante m or f (masculine and feminine plural importantes)

1. important

Derived terms

• importancia
• importantemente
• importantísimo

 

Further reading

• “importante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish importante.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔimpoɾˈtante/ [ʔɪm.poɾˈtan.tɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: im‧por‧tan‧te

Adjective

importante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. important

   Synonym: mahalaga

Related terms

• importansiya

 

Further reading

• “importante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018