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Spanish verb conjugation
importar
to matter, to care
verb
Word 197 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials
With one thing or several
With importar, the thing is the subject and the person comes first, so the verb changes with the number of things.
Present
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me importait matters to me | me importanthey matter to me |
| a ti | te importait matters to you | te importanthey matter to you |
| a él | le importait matters to him / it matters to you (formal) | le importanthey matter to him / they matter to you (formal) |
| a ella | le importait matters to her / it matters to you (formal) | le importanthey matter to her / they matter to you (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos importait matters to us | nos importanthey matter to us |
| a ellos | les importait matters to them / it matters to you all | les importanthey matter to them / they matter to you all |
Preterite
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me importóit mattered to me | me importaronthey mattered to me |
| a ti | te importóit mattered to you | te importaronthey mattered to you |
| a él | le importóit mattered to him / it mattered to you (formal) | le importaronthey mattered to him / they mattered to you (formal) |
| a ella | le importóit mattered to her / it mattered to you (formal) | le importaronthey mattered to her / they mattered to you (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos importóit mattered to us | nos importaronthey mattered to us |
| a ellos | les importóit mattered to them / it mattered to you all | les importaronthey mattered to them / they mattered to you all |
Imperfect
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me importabait mattered to me / it used to matter to me | me importabanthey mattered to me / they used to matter to me |
| a ti | te importabait mattered to you / it used to matter to you | te importabanthey mattered to you / they used to matter to you |
| a él | le importabait mattered to him / it used to matter to him / it mattered to you (formal) / it used to matter to you (formal) | le importabanthey mattered to him / they used to matter to him / they mattered to you (formal) / they used to matter to you (formal) |
| a ella | le importabait mattered to her / it used to matter to her / it mattered to you (formal) / it used to matter to you (formal) | le importabanthey mattered to her / they used to matter to her / they mattered to you (formal) / they used to matter to you (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos importabait mattered to us / it used to matter to us | nos importabanthey mattered to us / they used to matter to us |
| a ellos | les importabait mattered to them / it used to matter to them / it mattered to you all / it used to matter to you all | les importabanthey mattered to them / they used to matter to them / they mattered to you all / they used to matter to you all |
Future
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a mí | me importaráit will matter to me | me importaránthey will matter to me |
| a ti | te importaráit will matter to you | te importaránthey will matter to you |
| a él | le importaráit will matter to him / it will matter to you (formal) | le importaránthey will matter to him / they will matter to you (formal) |
| a ella | le importaráit will matter to her / it will matter to you (formal) | le importaránthey will matter to her / they will matter to you (formal) |
| a nosotros | nos importaráit will matter to us | nos importaránthey will matter to us |
| a ellos | les importaráit will matter to them / it will matter to you all | les importaránthey will matter to them / they will matter to you all |
In a sentence
No me importa lo que piensa la gente.
I don't care what people think.
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