Meanings
alternative it does not matter
- It is not important; do not worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said).
I’m afraid I’ve broken your mug. – It doesn’t matter; it was old and I was going to throw it away anyway.
Synonyms: never mind, no matter, san fairy ann
- I withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).
Maybe we could try fixing this part to the … no, wait, it doesn’t matter.
Synonyms: never mind
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseIt is not important; do not worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said).
phraseI withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).
Translations
Afrikaans dit maak nie saak nie, makie sakie
- dit maak nie saak nieit doesn’t matter
- makie sakieit doesn’t matter
Chinese Mandarin 沒關係 /没关系, 不要緊 /不要紧
- 沒關係 /没关系 (méiguānxi)it doesn’t matter
- 不要緊 /不要紧 (bú yàojǐn)it doesn’t matter
Czech to je jedno, to nevadí
- to je jednoit doesn’t matter
- to nevadíit doesn’t matter
- na tom nesejdeit doesn’t matter
- na tom nezáležíit doesn’t matter
Dutch het maakt niet uit, het maakt niets uit
- het maakt niet uitit doesn’t matter
- het maakt niets uitit doesn’t matter
- maakt niks uitit doesn’t matter
- scheelt me niksit doesn’t matter
Esperanto ne gravas
- ne gravasit doesn’t matter
Finnish se ei haittaa
- se ei haittaait doesn’t matter
French c'est pas grave, ça ne fait rien
- c'est pas graveit doesn’t matter
- ça ne fait rienit doesn’t matter
- peu importeit doesn’t matter
German es spielt keine Rolle, es macht nichts
- es spielt keine Rolleit doesn’t matter
- es macht nichtsit doesn’t matter
- es ist egalit doesn’t matter
- macht nichtsit doesn’t matter
- das macht nichtsit doesn’t matter
Hebrew זה לא משנה
- זה לא משנהit doesn’t matter
Hungarian nem számít, nem érdekes
- nem számítit doesn’t matter
- nem érdekesit doesn’t matter
- nem bajit doesn’t matter
- mindegyit doesn’t matter
Icelandic skiptir engu, það gerir ekkert til
- skiptir enguit doesn’t matter
- það gerir ekkert tilit doesn’t matter
- það skiptir ekki máliit doesn’t matter
- það skeytir enguit doesn’t matter
- það kemur ekki að sökit doesn’t matter
Irish ní miste
- ní misteit doesn’t matter
Italian non importa, fa lo stesso
- non importait doesn’t matter
- fa lo stessoit doesn’t matter
Japanese 構いません
- 構いません (kamaimasen)it doesn’t matter
Latin nihil est, non refert
- nihil estit doesn’t matter
- non refertit doesn’t matter
Norwegian Bokmål det har ingenting å si, det spiller ingen rolle
- det har ingenting å siit doesn’t matter
- det spiller ingen rolleit doesn’t matter
Polish nieważne, nie ma znaczenia
- nieważneit doesn’t matter
- nie ma znaczeniait doesn’t matter
Portuguese não interessa, não importa
- não interessait doesn’t matter
- não importait doesn’t matter
Russian нева́жно, ничего́
- нева́жно (nevážno)it doesn’t matter
- ничего́ (ničevó)it doesn’t matter
- э́то не име́ет значе́ния (éto ne iméjet značénija)it doesn’t matter
- это не играет никакой роли (eto ne igrajet nikakoj roli)it doesn’t matter
Scottish Gaelic is coma
- is comait doesn’t matter
Spanish no importa, da igual
- no importait doesn’t matter
- da igualit doesn’t matter
- no pasa nadait doesn’t matter
Swedish det spelar ingen roll, det kvittar
- det spelar ingen rollit doesn’t matter
- det kvittarit doesn’t matter
Thai ไม่เป็นไร
- ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-bpen-rai)it doesn’t matter
Turkish fark etmez
- fark etmezit doesn’t matter
Cite this entry
it doesn't matter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/it%20doesn't%20matter
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