importar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin importāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [im.purˈta]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.porˈta]
IPA(key): (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
to import
Antonym: exportar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
importació
==== Related terms ====
importància
important
=== 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.
“importar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin importāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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
(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)
==== Conjugation ====
==== 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 ===
Hyphenation: im‧por‧tar
=== Verb ===
importar (first-person singular present importo, first-person singular preterite importei, past participle importado)
(transitive) to import
Antonym: exportar
(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’]
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“importar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin importāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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)
(transitive) to import
Antonym: exportar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== 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