yo importo

I matter (to), I am important (to)

→ importar
import to matter to someone + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense Rare #31,760
I matter (to), I am important (to) With importar in this meaning, the person who matters is the grammatical subject; the person who cares is indicated by a pronoun such as te or le.
SP: Te importo mucho.
EN: I matter a lot to you.
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

¿Qué importo yo?

What do I matter?

— La Linterna Roja (1991)

¿Qué quieres decir con que yo no le importo?

What do you mean, I don’t matter to him?

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Pero a ti no te importo yo.

But you don't care about me.

— La Máquina: The Smashing Machine (2025)

Si te importo en lo más mínimo, déjame ir.

If you care about me in the slightest, let me go.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Allí no le importo a nadie.

Nobody cares about me there.

— La ola (2008)

Yo no te importo nada y tu hijo tampoco.

I don't matter to you at all, and neither does your son.

— Haz lo correcto (1989)

A nadie le importo.

Nobody cares about me.

Creo que le importo mucho.

I think he cares about me a lot.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

No te importo.

I don't matter to you.

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Creo que no te importo en lo absoluto.

I don't think you care about me at all.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Al mundo le importo un carajo.

The world doesn't give a damn about me.

— Peaky Blinders: El hombre inmortal (2026)