Importar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Importar in Spanish

Importar means “to matter” and also “to import.” You will learn its regular -AR conjugation and the distinct sentence structures used for personal concern, goods, and digital files.

Importar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Importar keeps the stable stem import- and takes ordinary -AR endings. Its gerund importando — “mattering / importing” — and participle importado — “mattered / imported” — are regular.

Importar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle importado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	importar	to matter / import
Gerund	importando	mattering / importing
Past participle	importado	mattered / imported

Importar meaning and essential uses

In the high-frequency “to matter” sense, the thing that matters is the grammatical subject and the affected person is commonly expressed with an indirect-object pronoun: Me importa tu opinión. — “Your opinion matters to me / I care about your opinion.”

Importar is also transitive in trade and computing: La empresa importa café. — “The company imports coffee.” Importo los datos al programa. — “I import the data into the program.”

Importar regular conjugation pattern

The stem import- remains unchanged across the paradigm. Forms such as importo — “I matter / import,” importé — “I mattered / imported,” and importe — “that I matter / import” — take normal -AR endings.

The morphology stays regular even when the syntax changes. In the experiencer use, third-person forms such as importa — “matters” — and importan — “matter” — are especially common because the thing that matters controls agreement.

Importar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Importar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The verb uses the regular -AR forms shown below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importo	I matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	importas	you matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importa	he / she matters / imports; you matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importamos	we matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importáis	you matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importan	they matter / import; you matter / import (plural)

• Me importa mucho tu opinión. — Your opinion matters a lot to me.

Importar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The verb uses the regular -AR forms shown below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importé	I mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	importaste	you mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importó	he / she mattered / imported; you mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importamos	we mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importasteis	you mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importaron	they mattered / imported; you mattered / imported (plural)

• Ayer importé los datos al sistema. — Yesterday I imported the data into the system.

Importar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importaba	I used to matter / import / was mattering / importing
Tú — you, singular informal	importabas	you used to matter / import / were mattering / importing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importaba	he / she used to matter / import / was mattering / importing; you used to matter / import / were mattering / importing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importábamos	we used to matter / import / were mattering / importing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importabais	you used to matter / import / were mattering / importing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importaban	they used to matter / import / were mattering / importing; you used to matter / import / were mattering / importing (plural)

• Antes me importaban demasiado esos comentarios. — Those comments used to matter too much to me.

Importar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus importando — “mattering / importing.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy importando	I am mattering / importing
Tú — you, singular informal	estás importando	you are mattering / importing
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está importando	he / she is mattering / importing; you are mattering / importing (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos importando	we are mattering / importing
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis importando	you are mattering / importing (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están importando	they are mattering / importing; you are mattering / importing (plural)

• Estamos importando los archivos ahora. — We are importing the files now.

Importar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and importar.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a importar	I am going to matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a importar	you are going to matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a importar	he / she is going to matter / import; you are going to matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a importar	we are going to matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a importar	you are going to matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a importar	they are going to matter / import; you are going to matter / import (plural)

• Voy a importar una nueva base de datos. — I am going to import a new database.

Importar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The verb uses the regular -AR forms shown below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importaré	I will matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	importarás	you will matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importará	he / she will matter / import; you will matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importaremos	we will matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importaréis	you will matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importarán	they will matter / import; you will matter / import (plural)

• La empresa importará más productos el próximo año. — The company will import more products next year.

Importar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The verb uses the regular -AR forms shown below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importaría	I would matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	importarías	you would matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importaría	he / she would matter / import; you would matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importaríamos	we would matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importaríais	you would matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importarían	they would matter / import; you would matter / import (plural)

• Me importaría más si afectara al resultado. — It would matter more to me if it affected the result.

Importar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he importado	I have mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	has importado	you have mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha importado	he / she has mattered / imported; you have mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos importado	we have mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis importado	you have mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han importado	they have mattered / imported; you have mattered / imported (plural)

• He importado todas las imágenes. — I have imported all the images.

Importar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había importado	I had mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	habías importado	you had mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había importado	he / she had mattered / imported; you had mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos importado	we had mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais importado	you had mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían importado	they had mattered / imported; you had mattered / imported (plural)

• Ya habíamos importado esos registros. — We had already imported those records.

Importar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré importado	I will have mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás importado	you will have mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá importado	he / she will have mattered / imported; you will have mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos importado	we will have mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis importado	you will have mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán importado	they will have mattered / imported; you will have mattered / imported (plural)

• Para entonces habrán importado todo el catálogo. — By then they will have imported the whole catalog.

Importar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría importado	I would have mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías importado	you would have mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría importado	he / she would have mattered / imported; you would have mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos importado	we would have mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais importado	you would have mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían importado	they would have mattered / imported; you would have mattered / imported (plural)

• Habría importado los archivos de otra forma. — I would have imported the files differently.

Importar subjunctive conjugations

Importar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The verb uses the regular -AR forms shown below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importe	that I matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	importes	that you matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importe	that he / she matter / import; that you matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importemos	that we matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importéis	that you matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importen	that they matter / import; that you matter / import (plural)

• Espero que te importe esta decisión. — I hope this decision matters to you.

Importar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importara	that I mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	importaras	that you mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importara	that he / she mattered / imported; that you mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importáramos	that we mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importarais	that you mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importaran	that they mattered / imported; that you mattered / imported (plural)

• Preferían que importáramos los datos manualmente. — They preferred that we import the data manually.
• Era mejor que importases solo los archivos necesarios. — It was better for you to import only the necessary files.

Importar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare forms share the same historical stem family as the imperfect subjunctive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	importare	if / when I should matter / import
Tú — you, singular informal	importares	if / when you should matter / import
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	importare	if / when he / she should matter / import; if / when you should matter / import (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	importáremos	if / when we should matter / import
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importareis	if / when you should matter / import (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	importaren	if / when they should matter / import; if / when you should matter / import (plural)

• Quien importare mercancías deberá declararlas. — Whoever should import goods must declare them.

Importar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya importado	that I have mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas importado	that you have mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya importado	that he / she has mattered / imported; that you have mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos importado	that we have mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis importado	that you have mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan importado	that they have mattered / imported; that you have mattered / imported (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas importado los datos correctamente. — I am glad that you have imported the data correctly.

Importar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera importado	that I had mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras importado	that you had mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera importado	that he / she had mattered / imported; that you had mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos importado	that we had mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais importado	that you had mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran importado	that they had mattered / imported; that you had mattered / imported (plural)

• Si hubiéramos importado menos productos, habríamos pagado menos. — If we had imported fewer products, we would have paid less.
• Si hubieses importado ese archivo, aparecería aquí. — If you had imported that file, it would appear here.

Importar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle importado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere importado	if / when I should have mattered / imported
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres importado	if / when you should have mattered / imported
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere importado	if / when he / she should have mattered / imported; if / when you should have mattered / imported (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos importado	if / when we should have mattered / imported
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis importado	if / when you should have mattered / imported (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren importado	if / when they should have mattered / imported; if / when you should have mattered / imported (plural)

• Si hubieren importado mercancías, deberán presentar la documentación. — If they should have imported goods, they must submit the documentation.

Importar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Importar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	importa	matter
Usted — you, singular formal	importe	matter (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	importemos	let’s matter
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	importad	matter (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	importen	matter (plural)

• Importa solo los archivos necesarios. — Import only the necessary files.

Importar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the command form.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no importes	do not matter
Usted — you, singular formal	no importe	do not matter (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no importemos	let’s not matter
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no importéis	do not matter (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no importen	do not matter (plural)

• No importes datos sin comprobar el formato. — Do not import data without checking the format.

Common constructions with Importar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• me importa + singular noun or clause. — a singular thing matters to me / I care about it.
• me importan + plural noun. — plural things matter to me.
• importar productos o datos. — to import products or data.

Example sentences with Importar

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• No me importa el precio. — The price does not matter to me.
• Me importan mucho estos detalles. — These details matter a lot to me.
• La empresa importa fruta de varios países. — The company imports fruit from several countries.
• Voy a importar el archivo ahora. — I am going to import the file now.
• Espero que te importe la calidad. — I hope quality matters to you.
• No importes archivos desconocidos. — Do not import unknown files.

Regional and usage notes for Importar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some common second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• A vos te importa mucho el resultado. — The result matters a lot to you. (voseo experiencer use)
• Importá solo los datos necesarios. — Import only the necessary data. (affirmative vos command)

Importar is regular in form but has two major usage frames. In the “matter” sense, let the thing that matters control agreement; in trade or computing, use the ordinary transitive pattern with the goods or data as the direct object.