import

producto importado, importación

Producto traído de otro país, normalmente para venderlo.

En inglés sencillo: A product brought from another country, usually to be sold.

• This car is an import.
• Cheap imports made local products harder to sell.
• The shop stocks imports from several countries.

Cómo se usa: import from somewhere (This cheese is an import from France.)

Sinónimos: imported product, imported goods

Antónimos: export

Expresiones frecuentes: cheap import, foreign import, Japanese import

importación

Actividad de traer mercancías de otro país, normalmente para venderlas.

En inglés sencillo: The activity of bringing goods from another country, usually for sale.

• These goods are subject to import duty.
• The government restricted the import of beef.
• Her business handles both import and export.

Cómo se usa: import of something (The import of certain foods is restricted.)

Sinónimos: importation

Antónimos: export

Expresiones frecuentes: import duty, import restrictions, import of goods

importar

Traer mercancías de otro país al propio, normalmente para venderlas.

En inglés sencillo: To bring goods from another country into your own, usually to sell them.

• We import most of our coffee.
• The company imported machinery from Germany.
• Which countries import the most oil?

Cómo se usa: import something from somewhere (We import coffee from Brazil.); import something into somewhere (The company imports cars into Canada.)

Sinónimos: bring in

Antónimos: export

Expresiones frecuentes: import goods, import oil, import from somewhere

importar

Incorporar al programa que se está usando un archivo o datos de otro programa o sistema.

En inglés sencillo: To bring a file or data from another program or system into the program you are using.

• Click here to import photos.
• I imported the file into a new program.
• Can this app import contacts from my phone?

Cómo se usa: import something into something (Import the data into your spreadsheet.); import something from something (You can import contacts from another account.)

Sinónimos: load, bring in

Antónimos: export

Expresiones frecuentes: import files, import data, import photos