insistir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.sisˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.sisˈtiɾ]

Verb

insistir (first-person singular present insisteixo, first-person singular preterite insistí, past participle insistit)

1. to insist

Related terms

• insistència
• insistent

Further reading

• “insistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “insistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈtiɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.siʃˈti(χ)/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈtʃi(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.sisˈtʃi(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.si(j)ʃˈtʃi(χ)/
• Hyphenation: in‧sis‧tir
• Rhymes: -istir

Verb

1. to insist

Related terms

• insistência
• insistente

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsistere, present active infinitive of īnsistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insisˈtiɾ/ [ĩn.sisˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

1. to insist

Related terms

• insistencia
• insistente

Further reading

• “insistir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014