sin importancia
/sin impoɾtanθja/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "not important" is sin importancia.
sin importancia is used to describe something that has little value or does not matter. It is often used as an adjective phrase following a noun, such as un detalle sin importancia (a trivial detail).
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the preposition sin (without) and the noun importancia (importance).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the word nimio can also be used to convey the idea of something being not important.
How does it change in a sentence?
Unlike the English adjective "important", sin importancia is a prepositional phrase. This means it does not change its form to agree with the gender or number of the noun it describes.
How do you pronounce it?
/sin impoɾtanθja/
Did you know?
- While sin importancia is a phrase, Spanish speakers often use the word da igual to express that a specific choice or outcome is not important.
- The preposition sin shares a common ancestor with the English word 'sans', appearing in both the French and English languages to denote a lack of something.
- In Spanish, the concept of something being 'not important' can be expressed with the word nimio, which is much rarer in spoken conversation than sin importancia.
Examples in context
- Esa información no es relevanteThat information is not important
- Sus comentarios son insignificantesYour comments are not important
- El tema es carente de importanciaThe topic lacks importance
- Eso es demasiado trivial para considerarlo importanteThat is too trivial to be considered important
- No importa lo que decidas, es algo sin importanciaIt doesn't matter what you decide, it's not important
- Su sugerencia es poco relevante en esta situaciónYour suggestion is not very important in this situation
- El evento no tiene nada destacableThe event is not worth mentioning
- Eso es totalmente irrelevanteThat is completely irrelevant
- Eso no es importanteThat is not important
- Ese detalle no es trascendenteThat detail is not important
- Esa mención es nimiaThat mention is not important
- Es un error sin importancia.It is an unimportant error.
- No te preocupes, es algo sin importancia.Don't worry, it is something not important.
Example conversation
Mateo and María are discussing a small mistake in a report.
- Mateo¿Te molesta este error en el informe?Does this error in the report bother you?
- MaríaNo, para mí es sin importancia.No, to me it is not important.
- MateoQué alivio, pensé que era grave.What a relief, I thought it was serious.
- MaríaTranquilo, Mateo, no pasa nada.Relax, Mateo, it's nothing.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries importancia, sin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
