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Questions & Answers about La edad no importa.
Why is it la edad and not just edad?
In Spanish, abstract nouns are often used with the definite article, especially when talking about something in a general sense.
So la edad means age in general here, not the age of one specific person in a narrow literal way.
Spanish often does this where English does not:
- La vida es corta. = Life is short.
- El dinero no da la felicidad. = Money doesn’t give happiness.
So La edad no importa is the natural Spanish way to say Age doesn’t matter.
Why is it importa and not importan?
Because the subject is la edad, which is singular.
The verb importar must agree with its subject:
- La edad no importa. = Age doesn’t matter.
- Los detalles no importan. = The details don’t matter.
Even though in English we might think of age as a general idea, in Spanish the grammatical subject is still the singular noun la edad.
What does importar mean exactly?