importar in Spanish: to matter, to be important, to import (verb)

Translation

to matter, to be important, to import

Word origin

From Latin importare ('to bring in, carry in'), from in- ('into') plus portare ('to carry'). The sense 'to matter' developed in Romance.

Verb type-ar regular

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	importo	importé	importaba	importaré	importaría
tú	importas	importaste	importabas	importarás	importarías
él/ella/ud.	importa	importó	importaba	importará	importaría
nos.	importamos	importamos	importábamos	importaremos	importaríamos
vos.	importáis	importasteis	importabais	importaréis	importaríais
ellos/uds.	importan	importaron	importaban	importarán	importarían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	importe	importara	importase
tú	importes	importaras	importases
él/ella/ud.	importe	importara	importase
nos.	importemos	importáramos	importásemos
vos.	importéis	importarais	importaseis
ellos/uds.	importen	importaran	importasen

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I do not care what other people think.

¿ ?

Do you mind if I open the window?

.

The only thing that matters is your happiness.

.

Money never mattered to me as much as free time.

España mucha África.

Spain imports a lot of fruit from countries in North Africa.

interesar

to interest

preocupar

to worry, to concern

afectar

to affect

valer

to be worth, to cost

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