importar
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin importāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importí, past participle importat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
Conjugation
Conjugation of importar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
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.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed 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)
- (intransitive) to matter, be important (to good order)
- Ka ol reale importas?
- Does it really matter?
Conjugation
Conjugation of importar
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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
- Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar
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, takes a reflexive pronoun) to mind
- Se não se importa. ― If you don't mind.
- (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?
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to care (about something)
- (reflexive) to care (to be concerned about)
- Synonym: preocupar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of importar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importé, past participle importado)
- to matter, to be important, to mind, to care
- 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.
- (transitive) to import
- Antonym: exportar
Conjugation
Conjugation of importar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of importar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “importar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014