OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3929

matter

/ˈmæt.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
materia
Material; substance.
vegetable matter
asunto • cuestión • materia • punto • tema
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
Something is the matter with him.
The diplomats met to discuss state matters.
causa
(The) inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.
materia
Pus.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3930

matter

/ˈmæt.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
importar
To be important.
Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.
The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.