# importar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.purˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [im.porˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [im.poɾˈtaɾ]

### Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importí, past participle importat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to matter
    No m'importa.It's not important to me.
* to import
    Antonym: exportar

#### Derived terms

* importació

#### Related terms

* importància
* important

### Further reading

* “importar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “importar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “importar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “importar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [im.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

### Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)
* (transitive) to import
* (transitive) 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?
* (intransitive) to matter (be important)

#### Conjugation
### 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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English import, French importer, Italian importare, Spanish importar, from Latin 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)
* (intransitive) to matter, be important (to good order)
    Ka ol reale importas?Does it really matter?

#### Derived terms

* importo (“magnitude, consideration, consequence, weight, significance”)
* importanta (“important”)
* importanto (“important person”)
* importajo (“important thing”)

#### Paronyms

* importacar (“to import”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pohˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pohˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.poɾˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.poʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.poχˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.poɻˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.puɾˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.puɾˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.puɾˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar

### Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)
* (transitive) to import
* (intransitive) to matter (be important)
    Não importa. ― It does not matter.
* (intransitive, 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.
    Não me importo que você venha. ― I don't care whether you come.
* (catenative, pronominal) to mind [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Importa-se de abrir a janela?Would you mind opening the window?

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin importāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /impoɾˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.poɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: im‧por‧tar

### Verb

importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importé, past participle importado)
* 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).
    No importa.Never mind. / No matter.
    No me importa el dinero.I don’t care about money.
    ¿A mí qué me importa?What do I care?
    ¿Le importaría si cambiamos de asiento?Would you mind if we switch seats?
** 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.
* (transitive) to import
    Antonym: exportar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* a mí qué me importa
* importador
* importar un carajo
* importar un comino
* importar un huevo
* importar un pepino
* importe
* no importa

#### Related terms

* importación
* importancia
* importante

### Further reading

* “importar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10