Importanta

Importanta is a Romanian noun meaning importance, significance, or relevance. It denotes the quality of being important and the degree to which something matters in a given situation. In standard Romanian, the diacritic form is importanța; the unaccented spellings importanta or importanţa appear in texts without diacritics or in older orthography. The plural is importanțe.

The word derives from Late Latin importans (present participle of importare) and has cognates in other Romance languages, such as Italian importanza, French importance, and Spanish importancia. In Romanian it entered the lexicon through these inherited forms and is used in a similarly broad sense to refer to the value, consequence, or priority of a subject, action, or decision.

Usage is common in both formal and everyday language. It refers to value, priority, and consequence, and appears in phrases such as mare importanță, înaltă importanță, and a sublinia importanța. It can describe the significance of events, ideas, or policies, as well as the relative weight of details within a broader argument.

Examples include: "Importanța educației nu poate fi subestimată." "Această decizie are o importanță deosebită pentru viitor." "Acest detaliu are o mică importanță în ansamblu." In non-academic contexts, a pierde sau a acorda importanță poate reflecta prioritizarea sau valoarea atribuită unui aspect.

See also: semnificație, relevanță, valoare. The unaccented form importanta is common in texts without diacritics, while importanța remains standard in properly diacritics.