to matter, to be important [with a ‘someone’] (often translated idiomatically with English care or mind, with subject and object reversed); to care; to import
“No me importa.” — I don't care. / I don't mind. / It doesn't matter (to me). / It’s not important (to me).
Antonyms: exportar
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin importārebor. Spanish importar Borrowed from Latin importāre.