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yo importaba

mattered, was important, was importing

→ importar
import matter; import + aba imperfect tense: I/he/she
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #12,950
mattered, was important Imperfect past tense (used for ongoing/repeated past situations or background context).
SP: Antes no me importaba lo que pensaran los demás.
EN: Before, it didn’t matter to me what other people thought.
was importing Imperfect past tense (ongoing/repeated action in the past).
SP: La empresa importaba café de Colombia todos los años.
EN: The company was importing coffee from Colombia every year.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara

La única cosa que en realidad le importaba al profesor eran sus estudiantes.

The only thing the professor really cared about was his students.

Ya he perdido todo lo que me importaba.

I've already lost everything that mattered to me.

— Strangers: Capítulo 3 (2026)

Dijo que no importaba que fuera tarde, ella lo esperaría.

She said it didn't matter that it was late, she would wait for him.

No importaba el auto ni el circuito, ni necesitaba que me vieran.

The car and the track didn't matter, and I didn't need to be seen.

— F1 la película (2025)

Tom fingió que no le importaba que Mary saliera con John.

Tom pretended not to care that Mary was dating John.

Sabia que no te importaba tanto el dinero.

I knew you didn't care that much about money.

Pensé que no te importaba el dinero.

I thought you didn't care about money.

Era un humano, pero no le importaba lo que yo era.

He was a human, but he didn't care what I was.

— Ne Zha (2019)

Pensaba que Tom te importaba.

I thought you cared about Tom.

No importaba.

It didn't matter.

— Avatar: El sentido del agua (2022)

Lo que importaba era que nuestra nación de dos en su conjunto este de nuevo.

What mattered was that our nation of two as a whole was back together.

— Mother Night (1996)

Pero nada importaba.

But nothing mattered.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Rusia importaba trigo de los Estados Unidos.

Russia imported wheat from the United States.

Era sólo eso lo que importaba.

That was all that mattered.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Yo solía pensar que no importaba qué le diera de comer a mi perro.

I used to think it didn't matter what I fed my dog.

Porque no te importaba.

Because you didn't care.

— Old Boy (2003)

Rompí la única regla que le importaba.

I broke the only rule that mattered to him.

— Shelter: El Protector (2026)

Vivíamos en el interior, pero eso no importaba.

We lived in the countryside, but that didn't matter.

— Mi amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Solo me importaba sacarla de allí.

All I cared about was getting her out of there.

— Zeta (2026)

La comida no importaba.

The food didn't matter.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Pero, eso no le importaba a Matias.

But Matias didn't care about that.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Su opinión no importaba.

Their opinion didn't matter.

A Tom le importaba.

Tom cared.

No importaba lo que hiciéramos, no podíamos hacerlo bien.

No matter what we did, we couldn't do it right.

— The Internship (2026)

Nada de eso nos importaba.

None of that mattered to us.

— El paciente inglés (1996)

Creí que decías que no te importaba lo que hiciera.

I thought you said you didn't care what I did.

— Juno (2007)

A Tomás no le importaba que María tenga senos pequeños.

Tomás didn't care that María had small breasts.