yo importaba

mattered, was important

→ importar
import to matter to someone + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #23,882
mattered, was important Often used with an indirect object pronoun, as in «no me importaba» (it didn't matter to me).
SP: No me importaba el ruido.
EN: The noise didn't matter to me.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban

Que qué me importaba.

As if I cared.

— Argentina 1985 (2022)

Nada de eso nos importaba.

None of that mattered to us.

— El Paciente Inglés (1996)

Ya ni me importaba.

I didn't even care anymore.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Rusia importaba trigo de los Estados Unidos.

Russia imported wheat from the United States.

¿Pero qué diablos me importaba?

But what the hell did I care?

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Pero nada importaba.

But nothing mattered.

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

Era sólo eso lo que importaba.

That was all that mattered.

— Tropa de Élite 2 (2010)

¡Me enseñaste que yo te importaba menos que los personajes de tus libros!

You showed me that you cared less about me than the characters in your books!

— Indiana Jones 3: La Última Cruzada (1989)

Sabia que no te importaba tanto el dinero.

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

Porque no te importaba.

Because you didn't care.

— Oldboy: Cinco días para vengarse (2003)

Creí que decías que no te importaba lo que hiciera.

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

— Juno: Crecer, correr y tropezar (2007)

Solo me importaba sacarla de allí.

All I cared about was getting her out of there.

— Zeta (2026)

Pensaba que Tom te importaba.

I thought you cared about Tom.

Dijiste que no te importaba.

You said you didn't care.

— Jaula (2022)

A algunos no les importaba, siempre que pagaran precios razonables.

Some people didn’t mind, as long as they paid reasonable prices.

Ya he perdido todo lo que me importaba.

I've already lost everything that mattered to me.

— Los Extraños: Capítulo 3 (2026)