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importar

to matter to someone, to import

i m p o ɾ ˈt a ɾ
import to matter to someone + ar Infinitive
verb Rare #35,459
to matter to someone The person is usually expressed with an indirect object pronoun: me, te, le, nos, or les. In this sense, importar does not mean “to import.”
SP: A nadie le va a importar.
EN: No one will care.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First importo importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First importo importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second importa —
Third importe —
Conditional
SingularPlural
First importaría —
Third importaría —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Third importó —
importarimportarle
Subjunctive
importarme

A nadie le vamos a importar.

Nobody is going to care about us.

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.

¿Por qué nos habría de importar?

Why should we care?

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

A nadie le parece importar.

Nobody seems to care.

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

Tom couldn't care less what María thought.

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

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

¿Qué, no me puede importar?

What, am I not allowed to care?

— El hijo de la novia (2001)

verb Rare #47,365
to import To bring goods into a country from abroad.
SP: Japón comenzó a importar arroz de Estados Unidos.
EN: Japan began to import rice from the United States.
Conjugation of importar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First importo importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First importo importamos
Second importas —
Third importa importan
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second importa —
Third importe —
Conditional
SingularPlural
First importaría —
Third importaría —
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First importaba —
Third importaba importaban
importara
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third importará —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — importamos
Third importó —
importarimportarle
Subjunctive
importarme

Japón empezó a importar arroz de los Estados Unidos.

Japan began importing rice from the United States.

Mandé importar toda la casa.

I had the whole house imported.

— Gángster Americano (2007)

Esto lo acaban de importar.

They just imported this.

— Ip Man (2008)

Japón debe importar la mayor parte de sus materias primas.

Japan must import most of its raw materials.

Japón comenzó a importar arroz desde Estados Unidos.

Japan began importing rice from the United States.