Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#IMPORTARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#IMPORTAR importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.purˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPORTAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [im.porˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPORTAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.poɾˈtaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPORTAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#IMPORTAR

Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importí, past participle importat)Category:Catalan lemmas#IMPORTARCategory:Catalan verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with entries#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#IMPORTAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to matter

   No m'importa.

   It's not important to me.

   Category:Catalan terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

2. to import

   Antonym: exportar

Further reading

• “importar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “importar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “importar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “importar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Latin#IMPORTARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#IMPORTAR importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [im.poɾˈt̪aɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPORTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ#IMPORTARCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/3 syllables#IMPORTAR
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)Category:Galician lemmas#IMPORTARCategory:Galician verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#IMPORTARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with entries#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#IMPORTAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to import
2. (transitiveCategory:Galician transitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to amount
   • 1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos e Farruco:

     Eu ben sei que si lle preghuntases esto ó Capitán, pode mui ben que che digha que non se acorda canto levou, pero para quitar a duda podes faser esta conta. Vinte e un foron os quintos, dandolle a cada un seis reás por día, importa sento e vinte e seis, e si nas dés leghuas tardaron tres días ghastaron tresentos setenta e oito, e dandolle ó que os levou outro tanto, asende o total a setesentos sincuenta e seis reás; ¿e os qué faltan hasta tres mil e seisentos?

     I know for certain that if you ask this to the captain, quite probably he will say that he doesn't remember how much money he took, but to clear up any doubt you can do this count. There were twenty-one conscripts, giving six reals each one per day, this amounts to a hundred and twenty-six; and if ten leagues took them three days, then they expended three hundred and seventy-eight. Giving the same amount to the guide, the total rises to seven hundred and fifty-six reals; what about what's missing up to three thousand and six hundred?

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#IMPORTAR

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3. (intransitiveCategory:Galician intransitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to matter (be important)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “importar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “importar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “importar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Ido terms borrowed from English#IMPORTARCategory:Ido terms derived from English#IMPORTAR import, FrenchCategory:Ido terms derived from French#IMPORTAR importer, ItalianCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#IMPORTAR importare, SpanishCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#IMPORTAR importar, from LatinCategory:Ido terms derived from Latin#IMPORTAR importāre, not to be confused with the paronym importacar (“to import”).

Verb

importar (present tense importas, past tense importis, future tense importos, imperative importez, conditional importus)Category:Ido lemmas#IMPORTARCategory:Ido verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with entries#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#IMPORTAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Ido intransitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to matter, be important (to good order)

   Ka ol reale importas?

   Does it really matter?

   Category:Ido terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

Conjugation

Conjugation of importar

		present		past		future
infinitive		importar		importir		importor
tense		importas		importis		importos
conditional		importus		—		—
imperative		importez		—		—
adjective active participle		importanta		importinta		importonta
adverbial active participle		importante		importinte		importonte
nominal active participle	singular	importanto		importinto		importonto
	plural	importanti		importinti		importonti
adjective passive participle		importata		importita		importota
adverbial passive participle		importate		importite		importote
nominal passive participle	singular	importato		importito		importoto
	plural	importati		importiti		importoti

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#IMPORTARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#IMPORTAR importāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#IMPORTAR
• Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#IMPORTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#IMPORTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with entries#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#IMPORTAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to import

   Antonym: exportar

2. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to matter (be important)

   Não importa. ― It does not matter.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

3. (intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#IMPORTAR, pronominal) to mind, to care [with com ‘about something’; or with que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘whether something is the case’]

   Synonym: preocupar-se

   Se não se importa. ― If you don't mind.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

   Não me importo que você venha. ― I don't care whether you come.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

4. (catenative, pronominal) to mind [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Importa-se de abrir a janela?

   Would you mind opening the window?

   Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

Further reading

• “importar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#IMPORTARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#IMPORTAR importāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.poɾˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#IMPORTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPORTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#IMPORTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#IMPORTAR
• Syllabification: im‧por‧tar

Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importé, past participle importado)Category:Spanish lemmas#IMPORTARCategory:Spanish verbs#IMPORTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#IMPORTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with entries#IMPORTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#IMPORTAR

1. to matter, to be important [with a ‘someone’] (often translated idiomatically with English care or mind, with subject and object reversed)

   No me importa.

   I don't care. / I don't mind. / It doesn't matter (to me). / It’s not important (to me).

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   No importa.

   Never mind. / No matter.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

   No me importa el dinero.

   I don’t care about money.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

   ¿A mí qué me importa?

   What do I care?

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

   ¿Le importaría si cambiamos de asiento?

   Would you mind if we switch seats?

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

   • 2019 April 17, Sergio Morales Rodas, “Más de 100 mil familias y menores han sido detenidos en la frontera sur de EE. UU.”, in Prensa Libre‎:

     A los migrantes guatemaltecos poco les ha importado la retórica del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y sus continuas advertencias de que no recibirá a solicitantes de asilo.

     Guatemalan migrants have cared little about the rhetoric of the United States president Donald Trump and his constant warnings that he will not receive asylum seekers.

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#IMPORTAR

   • 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español‎:

     De cierta manera, el Galaxy S21 ofrece un mejor balance de todo lo que ofrece y su precio, y, por eso, debería ser en muchas ocasiones la primera opción para considerar para la mayoría de personas que quieren un celular Android y no quieren necesariamente lo mejor de lo mejor sin importar su costo.

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2. (in the negative) to care
3. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#IMPORTAR) to import

   Antonym: exportar

   Importa el trigo.

   Import the wheat.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#IMPORTAR

Further reading

• “importar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025