Breakdown of ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?
revisar
to check
si
if
importar
to mind
le
to you (formal)
Questions & Answers about ¿Le importa si reviso la cartilla sanitaria?
Why does the sentence use le?
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:
Why is it importa and not importan?