¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

Le is the indirect object pronoun, and here it means to you in a polite, formal way.

So ¿Le importa...? literally means something like Does it matter to you...? or Do you mind...?

In Spain, this is the normal pronoun you use when addressing someone as usted:

• ¿Le importa...? = Do you mind...? / Would you mind...? (formal)
• ¿Te importa...? = same idea, but informal, used with tú

So if you were speaking to a friend, you would probably say:

• ¿Te importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

Because the verb agrees with what is doing the mattering, not with le.

In ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?, the subject is the whole idea si reviso la cartilla sanitaria — in English, if I check the health booklet/card.

That whole clause is treated as a single idea, so the verb is third person singular:

• ¿Le importa si...? = Do you mind if...?

Compare:

• ¿Le importa esto? = Does this bother you / matter to you?
• ¿Le importan estas cosas? = Do these things matter to you?

Here, the thing that matters is one complete action/idea, so importa is singular.

Yes. Here si means if, and the structure ¿Le importa si...? is a very common way to say Do you mind if...?

Examples:

• ¿Te importa si abro la ventana? = Do you mind if I open the window?
• ¿Le importa si me siento aquí? = Do you mind if I sit here?

Be careful not to confuse this si with sí:

• si = if
• sí = yes

The written accent matters.

Because after si meaning if in this kind of sentence, Spanish normally uses the indicative, not the subjunctive.

So:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = correct

The speaker is saying if I check..., not expressing doubt with a structure that requires the subjunctive.

This is very common after ¿Te/Le importa si...?

• ¿Te importa si entro?
• ¿Le importa si cierro la puerta?

By contrast, if you use que, then you usually need the subjunctive:

• ¿Le importa que revise la cartilla sanitaria?

So both patterns can exist, but they work differently:

• ¿Le importa si reviso...? → si + indicative
• ¿Le importa que revise...? → que + subjunctive

In many everyday situations, ¿Le importa si reviso...? sounds very natural for Do you mind if I check...?

¿Le importa que revise...? is also grammatical, but it can sound slightly more formal or more structured depending on the context.

Very roughly:

• ¿Le importa si reviso...? = Do you mind if I check...?
• ¿Le importa que revise...? = Does it bother you that I check / that I may check...?

In practice, both can be used politely, but the si + indicative version is especially common for asking permission in conversation.

In Spain, cartilla sanitaria refers to a health booklet/card/document related to healthcare coverage or medical information.

Depending on context, English translations might include:

• health card
• health booklet
• medical booklet
• sometimes something close to medical record booklet

In modern Spain, people often say tarjeta sanitaria for the actual healthcare card.
So depending on the exact situation, cartilla sanitaria may sound a bit more traditional, regional, or tied to a specific type of document.

So a learner should know:

• cartilla sanitaria = a healthcare-related booklet/card
• tarjeta sanitaria = often the more modern/common word for the card itself

Spanish often leaves out possessives like my, your, his, her when the owner is already clear from context.

Here, le already tells us who is affected:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

So Spanish does not always need to say your explicitly.

English often prefers:

• Do you mind if I check your health card/booklet?

Spanish can say either:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?
• ¿Le importa si reviso su cartilla sanitaria?

Both are possible. Adding su makes the ownership more explicit.

It is formal because of le.

In Spain:

• le → formal you (usted)
• te → informal you (tú)

So:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = formal
• ¿Te importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = informal

This kind of sentence is very suitable in professional settings, especially medical or administrative ones.

Yes, that is a very natural translation.

Even though the exact English wording may vary, common translations are:

• Do you mind if I check the health card?
• Would you mind if I check your health card?
• Is it okay if I check the health booklet/card?

The Spanish sentence is polite and fairly neutral, so English can translate it in several natural ways depending on tone.

Because Spanish normally omits subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending -o in reviso already tells you the subject is I:

• reviso = I check / I am checking

So:

• si reviso la cartilla sanitaria = if I check the health booklet/card

You could say si yo reviso..., but that would usually add emphasis or contrast:

• si yo reviso la cartilla sanitaria, pero no otra persona...

In normal speech, yo is unnecessary here.

It is polite, but it can sometimes sound a little direct depending on tone and context.

In many situations, it is perfectly acceptable, especially in professional settings:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

If you want to sound even softer or more courteous, you could say:

• ¿Le importaría si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = Would you mind if I checked the health card?
• ¿Puedo revisar la cartilla sanitaria? = May I check the health card?
• ¿Sería tan amable de enseñarme la cartilla sanitaria? = very polite/formal

So ¿Le importa...? is polite, but not the absolute softest option.

The difference is mainly tone.

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = Do you mind if I check...?
• ¿Le importaría si reviso la cartilla sanitaria? = Would you mind if I check...?

The conditional importaría usually sounds more polite, softer, and more tentative.

This is similar to English:

• Do you mind...? = polite
• Would you mind...? = often even more polite

In customer service, medical, or administrative situations, both are possible, but importaría can sound especially courteous.

Yes. In standard Spanish spelling, direct questions must use:

• an opening question mark ¿
• and a closing question mark ?

So the correct punctuation is:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

This is different from English, which only uses the closing question mark.

The informal version would usually be:

• ¿Te importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

That means the same thing, but addressed to someone you would call tú.

If you wanted a softer informal version:

• ¿Te importaría si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

So the key change is:

• le → formal
• te → informal

In standard Spanish from Spain, reviso is pronounced approximately:

• reh-BEE-soh

A few helpful points:

• the r is a soft tap here, not a strong rolled rr
• the v in Spanish sounds very close to b
• the stress is on vi: re-VI-so

And sanitaria is approximately:

• sah-nee-TA-rya

So the whole sentence is said with normal question intonation:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

Sometimes, but revisar is better here.

• revisar = to check, inspect, review
• mirar = to look at

In a medical or administrative context, if someone is examining a document, revisar sounds more precise and natural:

• ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?

If you said:

• ¿Le importa si miro la cartilla sanitaria?

that would sound more like Do you mind if I look at the health card?
It is not wrong, but it suggests a more basic visual look rather than checking details.

Yes — that is exactly one of its main functions.

Even though the structure literally looks like Does it matter to you if... ?, in real usage it often works as a polite way of asking:

• Do you mind if I check the health card?

So this is not just asking about feelings in an abstract way; it is a normal way to request permission in a courteous manner.