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importar

to matter to someone; to be important to someone, to import

i m p o ɾ ˈt a ɾ
import matter; import + ar Infinitive
verb Rare #26,883
to matter to someone; to be important to someone In this construction, the person who cares is expressed with an indirect-object pronoun (me, te, le); the thing or person that matters is the subject. It often appears with parecer or ir a.
SP: A nadie le parece importar.
EN: Nobody seems to care.
to matter to someone; to be important to someone The thing that matters may be left unstated when it is clear from context.
SP: A nadie le va a importar.
EN: Nobody is going to care.
to matter to someone; to be important to someone Here, the people who matter are expressed by the verb form vamos; le refers to nadie.
SP: A nadie le vamos a importar.
EN: We’re not going to matter to anyone.
to matter to someone; to be important to someone Te means “to you”; va a importar expresses that something will matter.
SP: Entonces, no te va a importar.
EN: Then it won’t matter to you.
to matter to someone; to be important to someone Te marks the person to whom something matters; tanto means “so much.”
SP: Me agrada el hecho de que siempre te parece importar tanto.
EN: I like the fact that it always seems to matter so much to you.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second importa —
Third importe —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara
Conditional
SingularPlural
First importaría —
Third importaría —
importarimportarle
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Third importó —
Subjunctive
importarme
Past
importado

No te debe importar lo que digan los demás sobre tu decisión.

You shouldn't care what others say about your decision.

A ella no le parecía importar.

She didn't seem to care.

A Tom no le podía importar menos lo que María pensara.

Tom couldn't care less what María thought.

No le va a importar.

He's not going to care.

A nadie le va a importar.

Nobody is going to care.

Y qué va a importar, mujer?

And what’s it going to matter, woman?

— Hable con ella (2002)

Me agrada el hecho de que siempre te parece importar tanto.

I like the fact that you always seem to care so much.

Entonces, no te va a importar.

Then you won't mind.

— Jungla de cristal (1988)

A nadie le parece importar.

Nobody seems to care.

A nadie le vamos a importar.

Nobody is going to care about us.

verb Rare #35,167
to import To bring goods into a country from abroad.
SP: Japón debe importar petróleo.
EN: Japan has to import oil.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second importa —
Third importe —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara
Conditional
SingularPlural
First importaría —
Third importaría —
importarimportarle
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Third importó —
Subjunctive
importarme
Past
importado

Japón debe importar la mayor parte de sus materias primas.

Japan must import most of its raw materials.

Japón empezó a importar arroz de los Estados Unidos.

Japan began importing rice from the United States.

Japón comenzó a importar arroz desde Estados Unidos.

Japan began importing rice from the United States.

Japón debe importar petróleo.

Japan must import oil.

Cuando trato de importar la carpeta de vídeos, sale un error.

When I try to import the video folder, I get an error.

Mandé importar toda la casa.

I had the whole house imported.

— American Gangster (2007)

Esto lo acaban de importar.

They just imported this.

— Ip Man (2008)