Breakdown of No importa; de todas maneras salimos.
no
no, not
salir
to go out / to leave
importar
to matter / to care
de todas maneras
anyway, in any case
Questions & Answers about No importa; de todas maneras salimos.
The lesson focuses on de todos modos and de todas formas, but this sentence uses de todas maneras. Are they different?
Why is the simple present tense salimos translated as "we are leaving" instead of "we leave"?
In Spanish, the simple present tense is frequently used for actions happening right at this moment or in the immediate future. Announcing a departure with salimos is the most natural way to say "we are heading out now," though estamos saliendo is also grammatically correct.
Where is the word for "it" in No importa?
Spanish does not use a direct translation for the impersonal "it" as a subject. When you want to say "it doesn't matter," "it is raining," or "it seems," you just use the third-person singular form of the verb without any subject pronoun. Here, that is simply No importa.
Can I put de todas maneras at the end of the sentence, like we do with "anyway" in English?
Yes, you can absolutely say No importa; salimos de todas maneras. Putting the phrase at the beginning of the clause just adds a bit more emphasis to the fact that you are leaving regardless of the situation.