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, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to matter
    No m'importa.
    It's not important to me.
  2. to import
    Antonym: exportar

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/
  • 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)

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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)

  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

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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)

  1. (transitive) to import
  2. (intransitive) to matter (be important)
    Não importa.It does not matter.
  3. (intransitive, pronominal) to mind, to care
    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
    Importa-se de abrir a janela?
    Would you mind opening the window?

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/
  • 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 (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.
  2. (transitive) to import
    Antonym: exportar

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