Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I matter
- tú you matter
- usted, él, ella he/she matters
- nosotros we matter
- vosotros Spain you all matter
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they matter
SPANISH VERB
importar
to matter
- #100 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: importando
- Past participle: importado
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I mattered
- tú you mattered
- usted, él, ella he/she mattered
- nosotros we mattered
- vosotros Spain you all mattered
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they mattered
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to matter
- tú you used to matter
- usted, él, ella he/she used to matter
- nosotros we used to matter
- vosotros Spain you all used to matter
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to matter
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will matter
- tú you will matter
- usted, él, ella he/she will matter
- nosotros we will matter
- vosotros Spain you all will matter
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will matter
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would matter
- tú you would matter
- usted, él, ella he/she would matter
- nosotros we would matter
- vosotros Spain you all would matter
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would matter
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I matter
- tú (that) you matter
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she matter
- nosotros (that) we matter
- vosotros Spain (that) you all matter
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they matter
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I mattered
- tú (if) you mattered
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she mattered
- nosotros (if) we mattered
- vosotros Spain (if) you all mattered
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they mattered
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú matter!
- usted matter! (formal)
- nosotros matter! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain matter! (all of you)
- ustedes matter! (all of you)
How to use importar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
No importa, mañana lo arreglamos.
It doesn't matter, we will fix it tomorrow.
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Past
Nunca le importó lo que dijera la gente.
He never cared what people said.
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Imperfect
A mi abuelo le importaba mucho la familia.
Family mattered a lot to my grandfather.
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Future
En unos años, eso ya no importará.
In a few years, that won't matter anymore.
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Conditional
¿Te importaría cerrar la ventana, por favor?
Would you mind closing the window, please?
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Present subjunctive
Haz lo que te guste, aunque no importe el dinero.
Do what you love, even if the money doesn't matter.
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Past subjunctive
Me dolió que no le importara mi opinión.
It hurt me that my opinion didn't matter to him.
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Imperative
Importen los contactos del celular viejo primero.
Import the contacts from the old phone first.
Good to know
- No importa is "it doesn't matter"; ¿te importa si...? is "do you mind if...?".
- Importar also means to import: importar un archivo.
Where you hear importar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Beginner Level 1
- No importa. It doesn't matter.
- No importó la lluvia. The rain didn't matter.
- Mañana no va a importar. Tomorrow it's not going to matter.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- No me importa la lluvia. I don't mind the rain.
- A nadie le importó el lazo. Nobody cared about the cord.
- Mañana no te va a importar. Tomorrow you won't mind.
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Happy Birthday!
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Beginner Level 1 · No importa.
I Wanted Everything to Be Perfect
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Intermediate Level 3 · No me importó.
Forty Bundles
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Advanced Level 2 · y todavía importa
Both Things
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Advanced Level 3 · importan
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.