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ellos importaban

mattered, were important, imported

→ importar
import to matter to someone + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #48,549
mattered, were important With a person, often used with le or les to mean that something mattered to them.
SP: Esas cosas importaban mucho.
EN: Those things mattered a lot.
imported
SP: Importaban fruta de otros países.
EN: They imported fruit from other countries.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara

Las otras maneras sí importaban.

The other ways did matter.

Tus estudiantes importaban más.

Your students mattered more.

— Masaan 2015 (2015)

Pero al gobierno de los ricos no le importaban nuestros problemas.

But the government of the rich didn't care about our problems.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Sólo le importaban la tradición y la lealtad.

He only cared about tradition and loyalty.

— Tren bala (2022)

Los países no importaban.

Countries didn't matter.

— El Paciente Inglés (1996)