it doesn't matter

English

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Phrase

it doesn't matter

1. It is not important; do not worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said).

   Synonyms: never mind, no matter, (Australia, New Zealand, UK, military slang, humorous, obsolete) san fairy ann

   I’m afraid I’ve broken your mug. – It doesn’t matter; it was old and I was going to throw it away anyway.

2. I withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).

   Synonym: never mind

   Maybe we could try fixing this part to the … no, wait, it doesn’t matter.

Translations

it doesn’t matter

• Afrikaans: dit maak nie saak nie, makie sakie
• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: ما فرقت (mā faragat), عادي (ʕādi)

• Burmese: ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး (kicca.ma.hri.pabhu:)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 無要緊 / 无要紧 (zh-min-nan) (bô-iàu-kín / bô-á-kín / bőa-kín), 𣍐要緊 / 𫧃要紧 (bōe-iàu-kín / bǒe-iàu-kín / bē-iàu-kín / bōe-á-kín), 無啥物 / 无啥物 (zh-min-nan) (bô-siáⁿ-mih / bô-siáⁿ-mi̍h), 無問題 / 无问题 (bô-būn-tôe / bô-būn-tê), 無代誌 / 无代志 (bô tāi-chì), 無關係 / 无关系 (bô-koan-hē), 無打緊 / 无打紧 (zh-min-nan) (bô-táⁿ-kín)

  Mandarin: 沒關係 / 没关系 (zh) (méiguānxi), 不要緊 / 不要紧 (zh) (bú yàojǐn)

• Czech: to je jedno, to nevadí, na tom nesejde, na tom nezáleží
• Dutch: het maakt niet uit, het maakt niets uit, maakt niks uit, scheelt me niks
• Esperanto: ne gravas
• Finnish: se ei haittaa
• French: c’est pas grave, ça ne fait rien (fr), peu importe (fr)
• Galician: non importa
• Georgian: სულერთია (sulertia)
• German: es spielt keine Rolle, es macht nichts, es ist egal, macht nichts (de), das macht nichts (de)
• Hebrew: זה לא משנה
• Hungarian: nem számít, nem érdekes (hu), nem baj, mindegy (hu)
• Icelandic: skiptir engu, það gerir ekkert til (is), það skiptir ekki máli, það skeytir engu, það kemur ekki að sök, það gerir ekkert til (is)
• Irish: ní miste
• Italian: non importa, fa lo stesso
• Japanese: 構いません (かまいません, kamaimasen)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: nihil est, non refert
• Ngazidja Comorian: kaidhuru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: det har ingenting å si, det spiller ingen rolle

  Nynorsk: det har ingenting å seia, det spelar inga rolle

• Pannonian Rusyn: нє важне (nje važne)
• Polish: nieważne, nie ma znaczenia
• Portuguese: não interessa, não importa
• Russian: нева́жно (ru) (nevážno), ничего́ (ru) (ničevó) (read: ničevó), э́то не име́ет значе́ния (éto ne iméjet značénija), это не играет никакой роли (eto ne igrajet nikakoj roli)
• Scottish Gaelic: is coma
• Serbo-Croatian: nevažno (sh), nebitno (sh), nije važno, nije bitno, nema veze
• Spanish: no importa (es), da igual, no pasa nada (es)
• Swedish: det spelar ingen roll, det kvittar
• Thai: ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-bpen-rai)
• Tok Pisin: maski
• Turkish: fark etmez (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can