How to Say ‘I Don’t Mind’ in Portuguese: Tanto Faz or Não Me Importo — Practice

Use tanto faz when either option is fine

Tanto faz is a common way to say that the choice makes no difference to you. Add para mim to clarify that you are speaking about your own preference. Tone and a friendly follow-up help it sound easygoing.

Use não me importo carefully

Não me importo literally means ‘I don’t care’ or ‘I don’t mind.’ It can express genuine lack of concern, but without context it may sound blunt. Add por mim or uma coisa to make your meaning clearer.

Make your preference easy to understand

If you want to be warm and cooperative, say qualquer um dos dois está bom para mim (either one is fine with me) or você escolhe (you choose). These phrases avoid the risk of sounding uninterested.

Remember: Use tanto faz for a neutral choice, and reserve não me importo for contexts where your tone makes the intended meaning clear.

Check your understanding

Choose the English meaning of each Portuguese example. Answer before looking back at the tables. These questions check the written examples in this guide; they are not a listening or proficiency test.

Recall the Portuguese, then say it

Read the English prompt and say a Portuguese version before opening the answer. The answer shows the example from the lesson; other natural translations may also work. Compare the meaning and the situation rather than counting a different word as automatically wrong.

1. It can be at seven or eight. Either is fine with me.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Pode ser às sete ou às oito. Para mim, tanto faz.

2. Do you prefer coffee or tea? Either is fine.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você prefere café ou chá? Tanto faz.

3. I don’t mind waiting five more minutes.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Não me importo de esperar mais cinco minutos.

4. I don’t mind; we can stay home, as far as I’m concerned.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Por mim, a gente pode ficar em casa.

5. Either one is fine with me.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Qualquer um dos dois está bom para mim.

6. You choose; I like both.

   Show a Portuguese answer

   Você escolhe; eu gosto dos dois.

Make the phrase useful to you

Choose one example you could actually use. Say it once from memory, then change one detail that fits your life, such as the person, place, time, or object. Check whether your change also needs a different verb form, article, or adjective ending. If it does, compare it with the pattern in the explanation.

Use tanto faz for a neutral choice, and reserve não me importo for contexts where your tone makes the intended meaning clear.

Return to two prompts tomorrow without opening the answers first. If a phrase still feels difficult, shorten it to a useful chunk and build the complete sentence again.

Sources and your next lesson

This I Speak Portuguese practice guide builds on our How to Say ‘I Don’t Mind’ in Portuguese: Tanto Faz or Não Me Importo? lesson on Real Life Portuguese, with written recall tasks and additional speaking practice. The explanations and examples are teaching material; the practice questions are exercises, not a transcript of a recording.

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