importar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.purˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [im.porˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.poɾˈtaɾ]

Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importí, past participle importat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to matter

   No m'importa.

   It's not important to me.

2. to import

   Antonym: exportar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of importar (first conjugation)

infinitive			importar
gerund			important
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		importat		importada
		plural		importats		importades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	importo	importes	importa	importem	importeu	importen
	imperfect	importava	importaves	importava	importàvem	importàveu	importaven
	future	importaré	importaràs	importarà	importarem	importareu	importaran
	preterite	importí	importares	importà	importàrem	importàreu	importaren
	conditional	importaria	importaries	importaria	importaríem	importaríeu	importarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	importi	importis	importi	importem	importeu	importin
	imperfect	importés	importessis	importés	importéssim	importéssiu	importessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	importa	importi	importem	importeu	importin
	negative (no)	—	no importis	no importi	no importem	no importeu	no importin

Derived terms

• importació

Related terms

• importància
• important

Further reading

• “importar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “importar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [im.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to import
2. (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?

3. (intransitive) to matter (be important)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of importar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	importar
Personal	importar	importares	importar	importarmos	importardes	importaren
Gerund
	importando
Past participle
Masculine	importado			importados
Feminine	importada			importadas
Indicative
Present	importo	importas	importa	importamos	importades	importan
Imperfect	importaba	importabas	importaba	importabamos	importabades	importaban
Preterite	importei	importaches	importou	importamos	importastes	importaron
Pluperfect	importara	importaras	importara	importaramos	importarades	importaran
Future	importarei	importarás	importará	importaremos	importaredes	importarán
Conditional	importaría	importarías	importaría	importariamos	importariades	importarían
Subjunctive
Present	importe	importes	importe	importemos	importedes	importen
Imperfect	importase	importases	importase	importásemos	importásedes	importasen
Future	importar	importares	importar	importarmos	importardes	importaren
Imperative
Affirmative		importa	importe	importemos	importade	importen
Negative (non)		non importes	non importe	non importemos	non importedes	non importen

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

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)

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

   Ka ol reale importas?

   Does it really matter?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of importar

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

Derived terms

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

Paronyms

• importacar (“to import”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pohˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pohˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.poχˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.poɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

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

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

   Não importa. ― It does not matter.

3. (intransitive, pronominal) to mind, to care [with com ‘about something’; or with que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘whether something is the case’]

   Synonym: preocupar-se

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

   Não me importo que você venha. ― I don't care whether you come.

4. (catenative, pronominal) to mind [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Importa-se de abrir a janela?

   Would you mind opening the window?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of importar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	importar
Personal	importar	importares	importar	importarmos	importardes	importarem
Gerund
	importando
Past participle
Masculine	importado			importados
Feminine	importada			importadas
Indicative
Present	importo	importas	importa	importamos	importais	importam
Imperfect	importava	importavas	importava	importávamos	importáveis	importavam
Preterite	importei	importaste	importou	importamos1, importámos2	importastes	importaram
Pluperfect	importara	importaras	importara	importáramos	importáreis	importaram
Future	importarei	importarás	importará	importaremos	importareis	importarão
Conditional	importaria	importarias	importaria	importaríamos	importaríeis	importariam
Subjunctive
Present	importe	importes	importe	importemos	importeis	importem
Imperfect	importasse	importasses	importasse	importássemos	importásseis	importassem
Future	importar	importares	importar	importarmos	importardes	importarem
Imperative
Affirmative		importa	importe	importemos	importai	importem
Negative (não)		não importes	não importe	não importemos	não importeis	não importem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: im‧por‧tar

Verb

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

1. 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^[1]:

     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.

2. (transitive) to import

   Antonym: exportar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of importar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			importar
gerund			importando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		importado		importada
		plural		importados		importadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	importo	importastú importásvos	importa	importamos	importáis	importan
	imperfect	importaba	importabas	importaba	importábamos	importabais	importaban
	preterite	importé	importaste	importó	importamos	importasteis	importaron
	future	importaré	importarás	importará	importaremos	importaréis	importarán
	conditional	importaría	importarías	importaría	importaríamos	importaríais	importarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	importe	importestú importésvos2	importe	importemos	importéis	importen
	imperfect (ra)	importara	importaras	importara	importáramos	importarais	importaran
	imperfect (se)	importase	importases	importase	importásemos	importaseis	importasen
	future1	importare	importares	importare	importáremos	importareis	importaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		importatú importávos	importe	importemos	importad	importen
	negative		no importes	no importe	no importemos	no importéis	no importen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of importar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive importar	dative	importarme	importarte	importarle, importarse	importarnos	importaros	importarles, importarse
	accusative	importarme	importarte	importarlo, importarla, importarse	importarnos	importaros	importarlos, importarlas, importarse
with gerund importando	dative	importándome	importándote	importándole, importándose	importándonos	importándoos	importándoles, importándose
	accusative	importándome	importándote	importándolo, importándola, importándose	importándonos	importándoos	importándolos, importándolas, importándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative importa	dative	impórtame	impórtate	impórtale	impórtanos	not used	impórtales
	accusative	impórtame	impórtate	impórtalo, impórtala	impórtanos	not used	impórtalos, impórtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative importá	dative	importame	importate	importale	importanos	not used	importales
	accusative	importame	importate	importalo, importala	importanos	not used	importalos, importalas
with formal second-person singular imperative importe	dative	impórteme	not used	impórtele, impórtese	impórtenos	not used	impórteles
	accusative	impórteme	not used	impórtelo, impórtela, impórtese	impórtenos	not used	impórtelos, impórtelas
with first-person plural imperative importemos	dative	not used	importémoste	importémosle	importémonos	importémoos	importémosles
	accusative	not used	importémoste	importémoslo, importémosla	importémonos	importémoos	importémoslos, importémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative importad	dative	importadme	not used	importadle	importadnos	importaos	importadles
	accusative	importadme	not used	importadlo, importadla	importadnos	importaos	importadlos, importadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative importen	dative	impórtenme	not used	impórtenle	impórtennos	not used	impórtenles, impórtense
	accusative	impórtenme	not used	impórtenlo, impórtenla	impórtennos	not used	impórtenlos, impórtenlas, impórtense

Derived terms

• importador
• importar un carajo
• importar un comino
• importar un huevo
• importar un pepino
• importe
• no importa

 

Related terms

• importación
• importancia
• importante

 

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], 2024 December 10