importar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin importare, present active infinitive of importō.

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)

1. to matter

   No m'importa.

   It's not important to me.

2. to import

   Antonym: exportar

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.

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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)

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”)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin importāre, present active infinitive of importō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.puɾ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

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

   Não importa. ― It does not matter.

3. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to mind

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

4. Template:indtr to mind (to do something)

   Importa-se de abrir a janela?

   Would you mind opening the window?

5. Template:indtr to care (about something)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin importō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.poɾˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to matter, to be important

   No me importa.

   I don't care. / It’s not important to me.

   No me importa el dinero. ― I don’t care about money.

   ¿A mí qué me importa? ― What do I care?

   • 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

Derived terms

• importador
• importar un huevo
• importe

Related terms

• importación
• importancia
• importante

Further reading

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